Monika Maetzel

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Monika Maetzel , also Monica Maetzel , (* 1917 in Hamburg ; † October 10, 2010 there ) was a German ceramic artist .

family

Maetzel property in Hamburg-Volksdorf (2017)

Monika Maetzel grew up in an artistic environment in Hamburg-Volksdorf . Her mother was the painter Dorothea Maetzel-Johannsen (1886–1930), her father the architect, painter, graphic artist and sculptor Emil Maetzel (1877–1955). The couple had four children. Emil Maetzel was a member of the Hamburg Secessionists ' group of artists , where he temporarily acted as chairman and as chief construction director for Hamburg's city planner Fritz Schumacher . Not least because of the large garden with swimming pond, his house was an attraction for the group of artists.

Act

In 1947 Monika Maetzel founded her own ceramic workshop in her parents' house. For over 50 years she created high-quality utility ceramics as a freelancer. Her works have been exhibited regularly at the Frankfurt Fair and in the Hamburg Museum of Art and Industry . Maetzel trained 45 apprentices and temporarily acted as head master. The painter Volker Meier completed an apprenticeship in ceramics with her. After she had to move to a senior citizens' residence in 2003, a group of friends tried to keep her place of work.

Monika Maetzel died in Hamburg in 2010 and was buried in the Ohlsdorf cemetery on the grave of her parents near Chapel 1.

Honors

"Maetzelweg" in Hamburg-Volksdorf
  • In 1982 Monika Maetzel was awarded the Justus Brinckmann Prize endowed with DM 7,500 for her ceramics  .
  • In August 2017, the Hamburg Senate decided to provide some existing street signs with an information sign in order to additionally honor the female relatives, this also applies to the Maetzelweg in Hamburg-Volksdorf.

literature

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karin von Behr: Artists gardens in Germany . Ellert & Richter Verlag, 2005. ISBN 3-8319-0201-1 , pp. 112-123.
  2. ^ Exhibition Volker Meier . In: Hamburger Abendblatt . No. 122 , May 27, 1957, pp. 12 ( online [PDF]). online ( Memento of the original from January 4, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.abendblatt.de
  3. ^ TAZ of August 11, 2014
  4. ^ Ohlsdorf and the artists of the secession at Förderkreis Ohlsdorfer Friedhof
  5. ↑ Home. (No longer available online.) Art and craft fair, formerly the original ; accessed on March 26, 2017 .  ( Page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.kunstundhandwerkmesse.de  
personal data
SURNAME Maetzel, Monika
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Maetzel, Monica; Maetzel, Monja
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German ceramic artist
DATE OF BIRTH 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH October 10, 2010
Place of death Hamburg