Ruth Meisner

Ruth Meisner (born March 30, 1902 in Heinrichsfelde , Upper Silesia , † 1973 in Hanover ) was a German sculptor , ceramist and painter .

Life

Ruth Meisner attended the State Ceramic College in Bunzlau , known for Bunzlau ceramics , and then studied at the Baden State Art School in Karlsruhe . From 1932 until her death she lived and worked in Hanover.

Meisner's sculptural and free works were described in 1936 as "simple belief" and "of feminine creative power". With her realistic style of representation, Meisner accommodated the National Socialist rulers' conception of art and made it a success. Between 1939 and 1943 she took part four times with animal sculptures in the Nazi propaganda shows Great German Art Exhibition in Munich and "... was one of the respected artists of the Nazi era."

Works of art

The heron group, today in the city park of Hanover

In addition to her ceramics created Ruth Meisner red chalk and chalk drawings as well as architectural sculptures and public art , including the in after building the Maschsee inaugurated there on the southwestern shore in November 1935 Maschsee source close to the beach , the listed plastic herons .

Exhibitions

Works by Ruth Meisner from the time of National Socialism can be found in the following group exhibition catalogs:

Hans Schweizer : art exhibition. Aid organization for German fine arts of the NS-Volkswohlfahrt… plus SPECIAL SHOW… Erzgebirge landscape , organized by the Künsthütte zu Chemnitz in the König-Albert-Museum Chemnitz from May 29th to June 20th 1937
The German painter and sculptor , Kunsthalle Düsseldorf , March and April 1941
Great German art exhibition in 1942 in the House of German Art in Munich
Large German art exhibition in 1943 in the House of German Art in Munich
111th Great Spring Exhibition , Kunstverein Hannover , Künstlerhaus (Hannover) , 1943

literature

Meisner, Ruth . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 366 .
Ruth Meisner in: Deutsche Bauzeitung , 70 (1936), p. 663 (Fig.)
Ruth Meisner in: Die Kunst für Alle , 52 (1936/37), p. 114 (with ill.)
Ruth Meisner in: Deutsche Kunst und Dekor , 69 (1931/32), p. 116 (ill.), 117 (with ill.)
Ruth Meisner in: The artwork . Baden-Baden, 5 (1951), no. 2, p. 41

Web links

Commons : Ruth Meisner - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Annekathrin Schmidt, James Schmidt (shareholder): Ruth Meisner , offers from auction 16 on schmidt-auktionen.de , last accessed on February 27, 2013

Individual evidence

↑ Monika Bachmayer, Peter Schmitt: Meisner, Ruth. In: Karlsruher Majolika , Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 1979, p. 358 ( limited preview in the Google book search).
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d Annekathrin Schmidt, James Schmidt: Ruth Meisner (see web links)
^ ^A ^b Karl Fischoeder: A heron group in the Maschsee in Hanover by Ruth Meisner. In: The Art for Everyone: Painting, Sculpture, Graphics, Architecture , Issue 52, Munich: Bruckmann, born 1936–1937, p. 114, online about Heidelberg historical holdings - digitally from Heidelberg University Library , last accessed on February 18, 2014
↑ Klara Kaczmarek-Löw: From Breslau to West Germany. Silesian artists before and after 1945 - integration into a foreign artistic environment or segregation , p. 11 website Kulturwerk Schlesien
↑ Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Maschseequelle. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 432.
↑ Wolfgang Neß: City Hall. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, Part 1, [Bd.] 10.1 , ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , pp. 155f., as well as zoo enclosure . In: List of architectural monuments according to § 4 (NDSchG) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation), as of July 1, 1985. City of Hanover, Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , p.
^ Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Maschseequelle. In: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch. Fountains and fountains in Hanover. Exemplary and documentary , Hanover: Fackelträger-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-7716-1497-X , p. 102
↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bodo Schroeder: year, artist name (surname, first name, place of residence, at the exhibition. With cat. No.) ( Memento from January 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the Kultur.t-online page . de der Turm-Galerie-Bonn , Alte Schule, Am Bollwerk 12, 53343 Wachtberg-Berkum, last accessed on February 18, 2014

↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e Bodo Schroeder: … an illustrated list of the catalogs found in Hans Schröer's estate ( memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 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. on the page kultur.t-online.de of the Turm-Galerie-Bonn , Alte Schule, Am Bollwerk 12, 53343 Wachtberg-Berkum, last accessed on February 18, 2014 @1@ 2

personal data
SURNAME	Meisner, Ruth
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter, sculptor and ceramicist
DATE OF BIRTH	March 30, 1902
PLACE OF BIRTH	Heinrichsfelde , Upper Silesia
DATE OF DEATH	1973
Place of death	Hanover

[1] Monika Bachmayer, Peter Schmitt: Meisner, Ruth. In: Karlsruher Majolika , Staatliche Majolika-Manufaktur Karlsruhe, Badisches Landesmuseum Karlsruhe, 1979, p. 358 ( limited preview in the Google book search).

[Schmidt_Kunstauktionen_Dresden_OHG-2] Annekathrin Schmidt, James Schmidt: Ruth Meisner (see web links)

[Karl_Fischoeder-3] A ^b Karl Fischoeder: A heron group in the Maschsee in Hanover by Ruth Meisner. In: The Art for Everyone: Painting, Sculpture, Graphics, Architecture , Issue 52, Munich: Bruckmann, born 1936–1937, p. 114, online about Heidelberg historical holdings - digitally from Heidelberg University Library , last accessed on February 18, 2014

[4] Klara Kaczmarek-Löw: From Breslau to West Germany. Silesian artists before and after 1945 - integration into a foreign artistic environment or segregation , p. 11 website Kulturwerk Schlesien

[5] Waldemar R. Röhrbein : Maschseequelle. In: Klaus Mlynek, Waldemar R. Röhrbein (eds.) U. a .: City Lexicon Hanover . From the beginning to the present. Schlütersche, Hannover 2009, ISBN 978-3-89993-662-9 , p. 432.

[6] Wolfgang Neß: City Hall. In: Monument topography of the Federal Republic of Germany , architectural monuments in Lower Saxony, City of Hanover, Part 1, [Bd.] 10.1 , ed. by Hans-Herbert Möller, ISBN 3-528-06203-7 , pp. 155f., as well as zoo enclosure . In: List of architectural monuments according to § 4 (NDSchG) (except for architectural monuments of the archaeological monument preservation), as of July 1, 1985. City of Hanover, Lower Saxony State Administration Office - Institute for Monument Preservation , p.

[7] Rainer Ertel, Ernst-Friedrich Roesener: Maschseequelle. In: Hannoversches Brunnenbuch. Fountains and fountains in Hanover. Exemplary and documentary , Hanover: Fackelträger-Verlag, 1988, ISBN 3-7716-1497-X , p. 102

[Bodo_Schroeder-8] ↑ ^a ^b ^c ^d ^e ^f Bodo Schroeder: year, artist name (surname, first name, place of residence, at the exhibition. With cat. No.) ( Memento from January 21, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) on the Kultur.t-online page . de der Turm-Galerie-Bonn , Alte Schule, Am Bollwerk 12, 53343 Wachtberg-Berkum, last accessed on February 18, 2014

[Liste_der_im_Nachlaß_von_Hans_Schröers_vorgefunden_Kataloge-9] Bodo Schroeder: … an illustrated list of the catalogs found in Hans Schröer's estate ( memento of the original dated February 22, 2014 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. on the page kultur.t-online.de of the Turm-Galerie-Bonn , Alte Schule, Am Bollwerk 12, 53343 Wachtberg-Berkum, last accessed on February 18, 2014 @1@ 2