Toni Mau

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Toni Florence Mau (born September 2, 1917 in Berlin-Reinickendorf ; † November 22, 1981 in Berlin) was a German painter , graphic artist and university teacher .

Life

Toni Mau studied from 1934 to 1939 and 1941 to 1943 at the Berlin-Charlottenburg School of Applied Arts , where Hans Orlowski and Max Kaus were among their teachers . After completing her studies, she initially worked as a freelance artist and as a drawing teacher. In 1946 she continued her studies at the Berlin School of Applied Arts with Max Kaus and worked freelance again from 1948 to 1953.

In 1953 Toni Mau was appointed professor at the University of Fine and Applied Arts , where she quickly came under fire in the context of the formalism debate and finally had to give up her job. Therefore, she continued her freelance work in 1957. Very early on she was interested in screen printing , a technique that was hardly noticed at the time.

Several of her works were represented at the art exhibitions of the GDR and the graphic triennial intergrafik .

Quote

“The artist's sensitivity registers tensions of our conflict-ridden times and their influence on our emotional lives and behavior. It is precisely these tensions that resonate in her works; for the anthropomorphic animal and plant structures that emerge on their graphic sheets and in the miniatures of idiosyncratic life are visually designed metaphors of these problems. On the scene of the unlimited space of a dream landscape, figures appear, sometimes similar to mythical creatures, performing symbolic gestures in the manner of medieval mystery games. The expressive dynamics of the composition allow us to participate in the action, the meaning of which we can guess. ”Ewa Garztecka, 1974

Relief at the Berlin-Weißensee School of Art

Works (selection)

Construction-related works and wells

Paintings and graphics

  • 1956 mother with child (color screen print)
  • 1966 Beweinung (Vietnam) (screen print)
  • 1969 on the beach (screen print)
  • 1974 dream landscape (mixed media)
  • 1977 Portrait Tschesno Hell (oil on canvas)
  • 1979 Two fighting mythical creatures (serigraph and material printing, two-tone)

Works by Toni Mau can be found in the Akademie der Künste , the Kupferstichkabinett Berlin , the Kupferstichkabinett Dresden , the Kunsthalle Rostock , the Museum Schwerin , the Märkisches Museum Berlin , the Galerie Lidice, in public collections in Finland and Cuba and in numerous private collections .

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1966 Berlin, sales cooperative for visual artists
  • 1967 Cuba, Havana and provinces
  • 1968 Erfurt
  • 1971 Halle-Neustadt
  • 1974 Berlin, gallery in the tower
  • 1978 Berlin, Studio Fine Arts Berlin-Lichtenberg, Schlossgalerie Berlin-Köpenick
  • 1981 Suhl, Galerie am Steinweg
  • 1981 Königs Wusterhausen, small gallery of the Kulturbund
  • 1982 Berlin, Galerie Unter den Linden
  • 1984 Berlin, gallery in the Deutsche Bücherstube

Web links

Commons : Toni Mau  - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Catalog for the exhibition companions contemporaries. Fine arts from three decades (Ministry of Culture and VBK of the GDR, 1979)
  2. ^ Toni Mau; Flyer for the exhibition in the Galerie im Turm, Berlin, 1974
  3. ^ Art in the large housing estate. Works of art in public space in Marzahn and Hellersdorf (Marzahn-Hellersdorf district office of Berlin ISBN 978-3-00-026730-7 ) p. 163.
personal data
SURNAME Mau, Toni
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Mau, Toni Florence (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter, graphic artist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Berlin-Reinickendorf
DATE OF DEATH November 22, 1981
Place of death Berlin-Reinickendorf