Marion Forek-Schmahl
Marion Elisabeth Forek-Schmahl , née Marion Elisabeth Forek ( January 26, 1935 in Mühlbach, Transylvania - January 13, 2011 in Munich ) was a Romanian-German doll expert and specialist book author. It was considered an international capacity in specialist circles.
Life
Marion Elisabeth Forek was born in Mühlbach / Transylvania as the daughter of Karl and Martha Forek. She completed elementary school and secondary school in her hometown. In Karlsburg , she passed the Abitur in the upper secondary school.
Towards the end of the 1950s she moved to Sibiu and exercised various artistic activities until the mid-1960s, for example, she was a set designer for the German department of the State Theater there and worked as a freelance artist in Bucharest .
In 1970 she left for Munich and was managing director of the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association from 1971 to 1990 . In 1974 she married Helmut Schmahl, who died suddenly in 1981.
During her time at the Bavarian Arts and Crafts Association, she turned her attention to the art object doll , which became more and more the center of her life. Forek held its annual international art exhibitions, mostly in Austrian castles, with a focus on artist dolls and figures. She was also a striking artist in terms of her clothing and jewelry.
1990 earned Marion Forek-Schmahl as the author of her book art object Doll ( Kunstverlag Weingarten ) by experts praise and recognition. As a great doll collector (she owned over 400 dolls from all over the world), she gradually became an international leader in the field of dolls .
After several years of severe suffering, she died on January 13, 2011 in the house of her brother, Dr. Karl-Heinz Forek.
Works
- Art object doll , Kunstverlag Weingarten GmbH (January 1, 1990), ISBN 978-3817010097
- Yearbook of Puppet Art , Verlag Marianne Cieslik, Jülich (1991/92)
- Yearbook of Puppet Art , Verlag Marianne Cieslik, Jülich (1993/94)
- Border area dolls and figures, Verlag Arachne , Gelsenkirchen (1996), ISBN 3-932005-01-5
Web links
- Speech on the occasion of the day of her death
- Literature by and about Marion Forek-Schmahl in the catalog of the German National Library
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Forek-Schmahl, Marion |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Forek-Schmahl, Marion Elisabeth (full name); Forek, Marion Elisabeth (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Romanian-German doll expert and specialist book author |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 26, 1935 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Mühlbach, Transylvania |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 13, 2011 |
| Place of death | Munich |