Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven

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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 .

Plaque in memory of Mathilde Freiin von Freytag-Loringhoven in Weimar at Marienstrasse. 18th

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)

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

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Description on the website of the Stadtmuseum Weimar, accessed on October 12, 2019.
  2. ^ Christiane Weber: Weimar is rediscovering an important artistic personality. In: Thüringer Allgemeine online, October 11, 2019.
personal data
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