Nora Schütz Minorovics

Nora Schütz Minorovics (born February 16, 1934 in Timișoara , Kingdom of Romania ) is a German painter and graphic artist.

Life

After graduating from high school in 1952, Nora Schütz Minorovics studied mathematics and physics from 1952 to 1954 at the Babeș-Bolyai University in Cluj . From 1955 to 1961 she studied painting, graphics, photography and film in Bucharest with Wilfried Ott. In 1962 she became a member of the Association of Fine Artists of Romania. From 1962 to 1967 she taught photo, film and art history in Eisenmarkt , Romania. In 1982 she moved to the Federal Republic of Germany. Since 1984 she has been a member of the Kunstverein Gundelfingen , Germany. From 1985 she repeatedly traveled to the USA (Arizona), France (Provence) and Spain for study purposes.

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At the beginning of her career she mostly created impressionistic inspired landscapes using the oil spatula technique, later symbolic graphics. Then she created black and white ink pictures on large-format Japanese paper (initially symbolic, later abstract features).

Constant experimentation, the search for new forms of expression and individual solutions is characteristic of Nora Schütz Minorovics. For example the 3-dimensional cycles that have been projected as happenings with a musical background and in motion since the early 1960s . The city of Herbolzheim , where she lives and works, honored Nora Schütz Minorovics in 2008 for her life's work with the “Nora Hall” in the historic gatehouse, named after her. Her pictures can be seen here in permanent changing exhibitions.

Works in public collections (selection)

• Reșița Municipal Museum , Romania
• Museum of Fine Arts Cluj-Napoca , Romania
• Jesús Soto Museum of Modern Art, Venezuela
• Detroit city, USA
• City of Herbolzheim, Germany
• Rust municipality, Germany

Solo exhibitions (selection from over 180)

• 1967–1980 in municipal galleries of all major cities in Romania
• 1980 Jesús Soto Museum, Ciudad Bolívar, Venezuela
• 1982 International Institute of Arts, Detroit, USA
• 1982 Cultural Office of the City of Freiburg, Germany
• 1984 LDS Hallen Malmö, Sweden
• 1987 Budapest Art Gallery, Hungary
• 1994 Catholic Academy Freiburg, Germany
• 2002 Cultural Center of the Romanian Embassy in Vienna, Austria
• 2006 Städtische Galerie Herbolzheim, Germany
• 2008 German-American Institute Freiburg, Germany

Group exhibitions

• 1988 Kunsthalle Kaiserslautern, Sickingen Art Prize
• 1989 European Art Exhibition Strasbourg, France
• 1989 International art exhibition of the Freiburg Cultural Office
• 1991 National competition for art in Radolfzell, Germany
• 1992 European Spring Salon Luxembourg
• 1993 International Art Salon Budapest, Hungary
• 1993 City Hall Nuremberg, Germany
• 1995 City Gallery Budapest, Hungary
• 1997 International Art Salon Budapest, Hungary
• 2005 Städtische Galerie Herbolzheim, Germany

Awards

• 1973 Individual Jury Prize, National Festival of Didactic Short Films, Sibiu (Hermannstadt), Romania
• 1977 Diploma II for Fine Arts, Romania
• 1982 Badge of Honor with Certificate of Appreciation from the City of Detroit, Michigan, USA
• 1987 4th prize in the nationwide competition for disabled artists, Radolfzell Germany
• 2004 Herbolzheim City Medal for artistic activity.

literature

• Zoltán Banner: Nora Schütz Minorovic's life and works . Herbolzheim, N. Schütz, 1996
• Zoltán Banner: Nora Schütz Minorovic's Life and Works 1995–2005 . Herbolzheim, N. Schütz, 1996. ISBN 3-00-017145-2

Web links

• Web presence of the artist
• Biography on the website of the Organization of the Banat Swabians
• Literature by and about Nora Schütz Minorovics in the catalog of the German National Library