Rita Preuss
Rita Preuss (born October 31, 1924 in Berlin ; † June 11, 2016 there ) was a Berlin painter.
life and work
Preuss completed an apprenticeship as a technical draftsman at Siemens . She received her artistic training from 1946 to 1952 at the University of Fine Arts (today Berlin University of the Arts ) in Berlin. She met teachers such as Maximilian Debus , Ernst Fritsch and Willy Robert Huth before she became a master class student with Max Pechstein .
Rita Preuss painted still lifes , landscapes, Berlin city scenes, portraits, including many members of the Association of Berlin Artists , as well as numerous self-portraits .
For her life's work, she received the Hannah Höch Prize from the State of Berlin in 2000.
Exhibitions
- 2016 Rita Preuss. In portrait. Master student of Max Pechstein in the Max Pechstein Museum , Zwickau
- 2015 Gutenberg Book Guild , Berlin
- 2014 Berlin is my center in the Willy Brandt House
- 2008 Nikolaikirche , Berlin
- 2005 cycle of paintings “Victoria von Preußen” in Callenberg Castle in Coburg
- 2000 Berlin Lapidarium
- 1954 Art Office Berlin-Wilmersdorf
literature
- Stage fright in front of the blank screen. In: Die Tageszeitung , November 29, 2014
- Rita Preuss - City West is your center. In: Berliner Morgenpost , October 30, 2014
Web links
- Literature by and about Rita Preuss in the catalog of the German National Library
- Künstleronderbund in Germany 1990 e. V.
- Association of Berlin Women Artists 1867
- Friends of the Willy Brandt House
Individual evidence
- ↑ On the death of Rita Preuss , Der Tagesspiegel , July 14, 2016
- ^ Rita Preuss. In portrait. Master student of Max Pechstein , Flyer of the Ladengalerie Berlin , 2016 (PDF)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Preuss, Rita |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | October 31, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Berlin , Germany |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 11, 2016 |
| Place of death | Berlin , Germany |