Mia Munster
Mia Münster (born April 1, 1894 in St. Wendel ; † May 21, 1970 ibid) was a German visual artist .
biography
Mia Münster was born in St. Wendel in northern Saarland and grew up there. In 1912 she moved to Düsseldorf and attended a private art school there. Until 1919 she took private lessons with the Saarbrücken artists Otto Weil and Richard Wenzel . In 1919 she moved to Halle and studied at the Art Academy in Leipzig until 1920 . Then she took up studies at the Staatliche Kunstgewerbeschule in Munich until 1922 . During this time she worked in various magazines, as well as in "Moewe-Filmverlag", which created animated film productions.
In 1924, Münster was given a teaching position at the State School for Art and Applied Arts in Saarbrücken, which had just been founded . In the following two years she studied in Berlin at the Reimann School , a private school for decoration and commercial graphics . She then moved back to St. Wendel from 1926 to 1928. From 1928 to 1932 she lived in Berlin, after which she returned to her hometown, where she finally settled down and worked as a freelance artist. From 1940 onwards, Münster undertook numerous trips to Lorraine , Italy , Spain and different regions of France , from which she brought impressions for her painting. Mia Münster died at the age of 76 in her hometown of St. Wendel.
plant
Mia Münster belonged to a generation of artists who went down in art history as the " Lost Generation ". The artists of this generation were born between around 1890 and 1910. They received little or no attention because non-representational art was en vogue in the art world after the Second World War ; older artists who still worked figuratively were hardly reviewed in the specialist media.
During her studies in Berlin and Munich, Mia Münster earned her living by producing commercial graphics. She designed fashion drawings and made designs and drawings for entertainment magazines ("Die Dame", "Ulk") and satirical magazines ("Simplicissimus"). She also drew drafts for extravagant costumes and dresses that had to fit certain celebrations that were in vogue in the “ Roaring Twenties ”. Münster captured the zeitgeist of this epoch, which was initially characterized by exuberance, later by uncertainty and impoverishment, in numerous drawings, watercolors and sketches.
After the artist had finally settled in St. Wendel, she turned to other subjects . Her cycle “Lothringer Bilder” was created after traveling to nearby Lorraine ; they represent a high point in their work. After this phase, there was a break in their artistic work. The earlier figurative works were followed by abstractions freed from the representational, whose formal language (especially cubism ) she adapted under the impression of contemporary trends.
After this phase, around the beginning of the sixties, she came into contact with an artistic technique that was new to her, the monotype . Here she developed her own very fine style that continued abstraction.
Honors - appreciations
- The newly built "Mia-Münster-Haus" in her hometown, which was inaugurated in 1989, was named after the artist; It was made on the private initiative of the local art patron and owner of Globus SB-Warenhaus Holding , Dr. Walter Bruch , built by the city of St. Wendel and, in addition to the city library, houses the "Museum St. Wendel" with a permanent exhibition of their work.
- In honor of the artist, the city of St. Wendel created the “Mia Münster Prize”, which is awarded to artists from the region.
Solo exhibitions (selection)
- 1964 St. Wendel
- 1969 Old Town Hall (St. Wendel)
- 1970 Elitzer Gallery (Saarbrücken)
- 1977 Gallery in the Zwinger (St. Wendel): Mia Münster memorial exhibition
- 1980 Galerie Bosener Mühle (Bosen): Memorial exhibition Mia Münster;
- 1984 Gallery in the courtyard (St. Wendel): Mia Münster on the occasion of her 90th birthday
- 1994 Museum in the Mia-Münster-Haus (St. Wendel): Mia Münster on her 100th birthday; Gallery in the courtyard (St. Wendel)
- 1995 Museum in the Mia-Münster-Haus (St. Wendel)
- 2000 Salzbrunnenhaus (Sulzbach): Mia Münster
- 2002 Museum in the Mia-Münster-Haus (St. Wendel): fashion drawings from the 1920s
- 2010 Museum in the Mia-Münster-Haus (St. Wendel): 180 works from the estate
Working in public space (selection)
- 1953 School for the mentally disabled (Baltersweiler): wall painting
- 1953/54 Elementary and all-day school Rastpfuhl (Saarbrücken): Sgraffito
- 1955 primary school (St. Wendel-Bliesen): mural
- 1956 Home Economics School (Freisen): mural
- 1957 elementary school (St. Wendel-Oberlinxweiler): mural
- 1958 Dr. Josef Bruch School (St. Wendel): Column and wall design
- 1960 Elementary School (Grügelborn): mural
- 1960 Elementary School (Schwarzenacker): mural
- 1961 primary school (Bosen): mosaic wall
- 1962 Nikolaus-Obertreis School (St. Wendel): wall design (mosaic)
- 1962 Nikolaus-Obertreis School (St. Wendel): stained glass window
- 1963 primary school (Roschberg): wall design
- 1964 Wingertschule (St. Wendel): wall painting,
- 1964 elementary and secondary school (Eiweiler): wall design
- 1964 District Office, large meeting room (St. Wendel): wall design
- 1966 Primary School (Oberkirchen): wall mosaic and stained glass windows
- 1966 elementary school (Furschweiler): glass mosaics
- 1968/69 administration building of the Globus-Handelshof (St. Wendel): wall painting
literature
- Saarland artists around Mia Münster . [Exhibition catalog, museum in the Mia-Münster-Haus, St. Wendel]. Arranged: Cornelieke Lagerwaard. St. Wendel, 1989. 32 pp., Ill.
- Mia Münster - 1894 to 1970 . Ed .: Museum St. Wendel. St. Wendel: St. Wendeler Dr. u. Verl., 1995. 39 pp., Ill. ISBN 3-928810-19-7
- Elss-Seringhaus, Catrin: Moments of pacification. Museum St. Wendel shows 180 works by Mia Münster. In: Saarbrücker Zeitung (Culture) of December 3, 2010, p. B4
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Munster, Mia |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German visual artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1894 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | St. Wendel |
| DATE OF DEATH | May 21, 1970 |
| Place of death | St. Wendel |