Stella Steyn
Stella Steyn (born December 26, 1907 in Dublin , † July 21, 1987 in London ) was an Irish painter and the only Irish Bauhaus student.
Stella Steyn was the daughter of the Jewish dentist couple William and Bertha Steyn. She studied at Alexandra College in Dublin and from 1924 at the Dublin Metropolitan School of Art . In 1926 she went to study in Paris , where she had an affair with Samuel Beckett , who was also from Dublin . In 1931 she enrolled at the Bauhaus in Dessau and took the preliminary course with Josef Albers . At the Bauhaus she painted some paintings with elements that playfully evoke the industrial. After the NSDAP had won the municipal elections in Dessau and in 1932 enforced the closure of the state Bauhaus, Steyn returned to Ireland. Later she distanced herself from her studies at the Bauhaus and described it as a wrong step.
literature
- Stella Steyn. In: Patrick Rössler , Elizabeth Otto : Women at the Bauhaus. Pioneering modern artists. Knesebeck, Munich 2019, ISBN 978-3-95728-230-9 , pp. 184-185.
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Steyn, Stella |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Irish painter, only Irish Bauhaus student |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 26, 1907 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dublin |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 21, 1987 |
| Place of death | London |