Roswitha Doerig

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Roswitha Doerig in the Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte Appenzell, April 2016, in front of her picture Trio 2015

Roswitha Doerig (born August 25, 1929 in Appenzell ; † February 27, 2017 in Paris ) was a Swiss painter .

Life

Doerig grew up with seven other siblings in Appenzell. She attended schools in Appenzell and in the Catholic boarding school Ste-Agnès in Friborg . As a child she had contact with the family of the painter and architect Johannes Hugentobler . This was followed by a first stay abroad in England, first in a convent school in Central England and then at the Heatherley Art School in London , where Franz Kline had also worked before her . When she returned to Switzerland, she briefly attended the arts and crafts school in St. Gallen . The painter Ferdinand Gehr , who gained importance in church painting, was one of her maternal uncles. He influenced her early on through the choice of colors and the purity of his pictures.

Doerig believed that training as a childcare worker would secure a livelihood and allow her to paint. She therefore did a corresponding training course in Friborg and then worked in a day nursery in Geneva. As a second stay abroad, from 1955 a brief job in the household of the family of the Busch brewery dynasty in Saint Louis , USA. She later attended Columbia University in New York City courses in theater decoration and stage design. There she got to know Franz Kline's abstract expressionism . This was followed by studies at the École nationale supérieure des beaux-arts in Paris from 1957 for seven years. She took up permanent residence in Paris and in 1965 married Serge Lemeslif, a Breton architect. Together they had the daughter Maidonneli Bantle-Lemeslif, who lives in Appenzell.

Working as an artist

Doerig learned many techniques as an autodidact . The craftsmanship became the basis of her painting, be it for watercolors , oil painting, calligraphy with ink painting or collages . In addition, she learned in a more formal way lithography , fresco technique and glass painting at the Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Beaux-Arts . Raymond Legueult taught at this art school, and his student Doerig was recognized.

Doerig's early work up to around 1967 was still predominantly figurative. Her work on glass windows for the Saint-Paul church in Nanterre (France) led her to prefer the non-representational. Since then she has been looking for expression in form, color and combination in abstract design as a gestural color painter. Her later work can be assigned to informal art . The wrapping action of Christo and Jeanne-Claude Wrapped Pont Neuf in Paris impressed Doerig, who got to know this artist couple well through this project. At that time, the Christos were guests of Lemeslif-Doerig on their barge on the Seine, which had been converted into a living and party ship .

She then dared to paint large areas (series of works Bogota from 1990). The largest works as tarpaulins measure up to 180 square meters. Since 1992 she has worked in the former studio of the photographer Man Ray in the Saint-Germain-des-Prés district . Doerig did not hesitate to use the color black generously. She didn't see any mourning color in it. Art in building with large-scale wall paintings and carpets became one of Roswitha Doerig's preferred fields of activity. Temporary artistic wrapping of building facades with tarpaulins was also part of this (in Paris and Vincennes ).

Awards

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • Appenzell : Roth Tor, 2019 (November 9 - 24, 2019)
  • Chur : Galerie Obertor, 2016/2017
  • Appenzell : Kunsthalle Ziegelhütte, 2016
  • Frauenfeld : Bernerhaus, Cultural Foundation of the Canton of Thurgau, 2014
  • Paris : Swiss Embassy, ​​2011
  • Edlibach ZG : Lassalle-Haus, 2008/2009
  • Garches , France: Roswitha Doerig, Peintures recentes, Hôtel de Ville, 2000
  • Appenzell: Museum Appenzell , 1996
  • Paris: L'Orangerie du Sénat, 1997
  • Friborg : Hall of Honor of the University of Friborg, 1994

Works in public space

  • Aarburg : Franke Holding office building, 4x8 meter mural, 2000
  • Appenzell : 18 meter long tapestry in the counter hall of the Appenzeller Kantonalbank
  • Appenzell: two tapestries in the Hofwiese schoolhouse
  • Stuttgart : State Gallery, Art in Architecture, 1995
  • Nanterre : Design of the stained glass windows in the Catholic Church of Saint-Paul, 1968

gallery

  • Spring , watercolors, 1982

  • Bogota B2 , acrylic on paper, 1990

  • Collage Jaune Noir 2 , acrylic on paper, 1991

  • Tapestry in the primary school building Hofwiese, Appenzell AI

  • Fresco on the outer wall of Sonnhalde 24, Appenzell AI

literature

  • Roland Inauen: Roswitha would have loved it. appenzell24.ch, November 9, 2019, accessed on November 14, 2019
  • Roland Scotti: Roswitha Doerig ... I'll get older later. Heinrich Gebert Kulturstiftung, Appenzell 2016, ISBN 978-3-906966-40-3 .
  • Susi Hofmann: A touch of Paris, a little bit of Appenzell. In: Zürcher Oberländer, October 30, 2004, p. 22
  • Daniela S. Herman: Pictures full of inner strength. In: St. Galler Tagblatt , September 8, 2004, p. 48
  • Daniela S. Herman: Savor the magic of color. In: St. Galler Tagblatt, May 8, 2000, p. 49

Web links

Commons : Roswitha Doerig  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Appenzell artist Roswitha Doerig passed away. St. Galler Tagblatt, March 2, 2017, accessed on March 2, 2017
  2. ^ Roswitha Doerig and Hermann Bischofberger: painters Ferdinand Gehr and Appenzell Innerrhoden. In: Innerrhoder Geschichtsfreund, Volume 39, 1998.
  3. ↑ Roswitha Doerig: Christo gives me the courage to dare. In: Appenzeller Volksfreund, July 15, 1995.
  4. ^ Max Triet: Roswitha Doerig - an Innerrhoden artist between Paris and Appenzell. In: Appenzeller Poscht , April 2016, No. 90, pp. 35–41.
  5. ↑ Rolf Rechsteiner: One of the most interesting artists. In: Appenzeller Volksfreund, July 18, 2000, p. 4.
  6. ^ Anne Kerner: Roswitha Doerig. In: Muséart, No. 42, July / August 1994.
  7. ^ Une Appenzelloise à Paris. In: 24 heures, 1997, La Dernière.
  8. ↑ Galerie Obertor: Exhibition Roswitta Doerig.
  9. ↑ Brigitte Schmid-Gugler: Elements of time and eternity. Tagblatt online, February 8, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Doerig, Roswitha
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 25, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Appenzell
DATE OF DEATH February 27, 2017
Place of death Paris