Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven
Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven (born October 30, 1860 in Copenhagen ; † December 1941 in Weimar ) worked as a painter , graphic artist , art critic and journalist .
Life
Mathilde von Freytag-Loringhoven studied from 1879 at the Weimar Art Academy under Theodor Hagen , Max Thedy and Leopold von Kalckreuth . As the only student of Karl Buchholz , she remained a traditionalist representative of late impressionism .
As a feature editor and chairwoman of the art commission of the Weimar municipal council, she was one of the main opponents of the Bauhaus and the avant-garde in Weimar.
Exhibitions (selection)
- 2019/2020: Weimar City Museum
literature
- Éva Forgács: The Bauhaus idea and Bauhaus politics. Central European University Press, New York 1995, p. 41 f.
- Cornelia Schimpf: Failure of a city of refuge. Cultural policy in the Weimar Republic using the example of the State Bauhaus in Weimar from 1919 to 1925 ( Region - Nation - Europe, Vol. 52). LIT Verlag, Münster 2008.
- Ulrich Völkel [Hrsg.]: Small lexicon of Weimar personalities. wtv, Weimar 2009.
Web links
- Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven on artnet
- Mathilde von Freytag-Loringhoven RKD - Netherlands Institute for Art History
Individual evidence
- ↑ Description on the website of the Stadtmuseum Weimar, accessed on October 12, 2019.
- ^ Christiane Weber: Weimar is rediscovering an important artistic personality. In: Thüringer Allgemeine online, October 11, 2019.
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SURNAME | Freytag-Loringhoven, Mathilde Freiin von |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | October 30, 1860 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Copenhagen |
DATE OF DEATH | December 1941 |
Place of death | Weimar |