Ortrud Abeking

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Ortrud Abeking (born July 4, 1904 in Berlin , † June 5, 1977 in Torrevieja , Spain ) was a German actress and painter.

Life

Ortrud Abeking was born in Berlin in 1904 as the daughter of the painter couple Hermann and Elly Abeking . She has had a special interest in acting and painting since she was a child. After attending the drama school in Berlin, she was a member of the Volksbühne ensemble , the Theater am Bülowplatz, for several years . Here she worked in various roles in the works of well-known authors.

Parallel to her acting work, she began to occupy herself more intensively with painting around 1925. For this purpose she ran painting and graphic studies in Berlin. From 1904 the family owned Büdnereien 14/15 in Althagen (now part of Ahrenshoop ) on the Fischland as a summer residence . Here the family had a large circle of friends, including George Grosz . She also used her summer stays on the Baltic Sea to paint, for example for portraits and landscape sketches. From 1946 she was a member of the Professional Association of Visual Artists Berlin. From August to October 1951 she stayed in Ahrenshoop for the last time to paint.

Not only Ortrud Abeking came from this family of artists, her brother Thomas (1909–1986) also worked as an architect but mainly as a graphic artist and illustrator.

Works (selection)

As an actress

Berliner Volksbühne - Theater on Bülowplatz

As a painter
  • In Althagen , 1933
  • Büdnerei Althagen , 1935
  • Pastures on the Saaler Bodden , 1940
  • Even at the window , 1940
  • Zeesboot on the bay , 1945
  • Sunbathing in the dunes I , 1951
  • Sunbathing in the dunes II , 1951
  • Sunny morning , 1959

literature

  • Friedrich Schulz : Ahrenshoop. Artist Lexicon. Verlag Atelier im Bauernhaus, Fischerhude 2001. ISBN 3-88132-292-2 . P. 22
  • Grete Grewolls: Who was who in Mecklenburg and Western Pomerania. The dictionary of persons . Hinstorff Verlag, Rostock 2011, ISBN 978-3-356-01301-6 , p. 9 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Christine Knupp-Uhlenhaut: Ahrenshoop, Darß and Fischland - North German Artist Colonies III. Exhibition catalog, Altonaer Museum, Hamburg 1978
  2. ↑ a b See literature: Friedrich Schulz: Ahrenshooper ...
  3. ↑ Berliner Volksbühne, program booklet 1923 ( Memento from April 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) at eurobuch.com
  4. ↑ a b c d e illustration, auction result at Arcadja
  5. ↑ a b c illustration, auction result on artnet
personal data
SURNAME Abeking, Ortrud
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German actress and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 4th July 1904
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin
DATE OF DEATH 5th June 1977
Place of death Torrevieja , Spain