Maria Clara Friedrich
Maria Clara Friedrich (born Clara Jezler ; born March 26, 1894 in Schaffhausen , † March 31, 1969 in Zurich ) was a Swiss painter , relief artist and art collector . It is assigned to Concrete Art .
Life
Friedrich came from a family of silver manufacturers in Schaffhausen. In 1919 she married the lawyer and later private banker Emil Friedrich . In 1921 they moved to Zurich . Together with her husband she built up an important art collection with works from Cubism , Surrealism and Constructive Art . The collection of the French banker Raoul Albert La Roche served as a model .
From the 1930s onwards, Friedrich himself became active as an artist (inspired by Adolf Hölzel , Amédée Ozenfant and Hans Arp ). She also worked in the artist group Allianz . Her works were u. a. exhibited at the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Kunsthalle Basel .
Her husband's signature when entering the two hundred in 1940 brought the couple into disrepute among the Zurich avant-garde. Her legacy has been in the Kunstmuseum Winterthur since 1973 .
literature
- Eva Frosch: Clara Friedrich: artist and collector. Scheidegger and Spiess, Zurich 2004.
Web links
- Literature by and about Maria Clara Friedrich in the catalog of the German National Library
- Marco Obrist: Friedrich, Maria Clara. In: Sikart (status: 2007), accessed on February 25, 2018.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Friedrich, Maria Clara |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Jezler, Clara (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter, relief artist and art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 26, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Schaffhausen |
| DATE OF DEATH | March 31, 1969 |
| Place of death | Zurich |