Trudy Schlatter

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Trudy Schlatter , actually Gertrud Schlatter (born August 15, 1912 in Bern , † December 9, 1980 in Montreux ; entitled to live in Schaffhausen ), was a Swiss artist and advocate of the women's movement . The Trudy Schlatter Prize of the Bern Women's Center (FZB) with prize money of 5,000 francs, which has been awarded annually since 1984, is named after her.

Act

Trudy Schlatter received a federal art grant for painting in 1949 . She was a long-time member of the Society of Swiss Women Painters, Sculptors and Craftsmen (GSMBK; since 2003 Swiss Society of Women Visual Artists - SGBK) in the Bern section and was involved in several group exhibitions.

On the occasion of the exhibition Grandma Moses and three Swiss female painters presented in 1950 together with Helen Dahm and Ruth Stauffer in the Kunsthalle Bern , the magazine Das Werk. Architecture and Art :

«If there are hardly any associations between the painting of the Swiss women and that of Grandma Moses , then the characteristics of the painters Dahm, Stauffer and Schlatter combine to create an impressive representation of feminine artistry, as is valid in Swiss painting. All three move away from harsh naturalistics without, however, paying homage to any of the surreal or abstract styles. "

- WA

Schlatter, who mainly painted portraits of women, was attested at the same time:

«Trudy Schlatter's strengths are above all in portraits that speak of an intense interest in the character and his expressions. The human appearance is traced back to simple basic features, and one can say: intensified and essential. "

- WA

estate

Some of her pictures are in the collections of the Kunstmuseum Thun and the Museum zu Allerheiligen (113 paintings and 937 drawings).

She bequeathed her condominium in Montreux to GSMBK Switzerland. The organization sold this in 1986 and founded a social fund from the proceeds in 1987, the Gertrud Schlatter Fund (renamed Gertrud Schlatter / Hanni Pfister / Art et Santé Genève Fund GSBK / SSFA in 1994 ). The rest of the fortune went to the women's headquarters in Bern, which then suspended the Trudy Schlatter Prize for women's works.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 1950: "Grandma Moses and three Swiss painters", with Helen Dahm and Ruth Stauffer, Kunsthalle Bern (catalog exhibition)
  • 1961: with Elisabeth Stamm, Kunsthalle Bern
  • 1984: Memorial exhibition, Great Orangery Elfenau Bern (catalog exhibition )
  • 2012: “This is a women's world. 10 years of women's art award. " Art Museum Thun

literature

  • Schlatter, Trudy. In: Hans-Jörg Heusser (Red.): Lexicon of contemporary Swiss artists. Swiss Institute for Art Research , Frauenfeld / St. 1981.
  • Trudy Schlatter memorial. Memorial exhibition: Great Orangery Elfenau Bern, May 26 to June 17, 1984. Women’s headquarters of the Canton of Bern (publisher), 1984.
  • In the footsteps of the Bernese painter Trudy Schlatter. SN September 3, 2013, Schaffhausen City Archives .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Women's headquarters in Bern - Trudy Schlatter Prize for women's works. Kulturfoerderung.ch.
  2. ^ Art prizes and grants. Extract from Das Werk: Architektur und Kunst = L'oeuvre: architecture et art. 36 (1949) ( PDF )
  3. ↑ Grandma Moses and three Swiss painters. In: Das Werk: Architektur und Kunst = L'oeuvre: architecture et art. 37: 155-156 (1950). ( PDF )
  4. ↑ This is a Women's World. 10 years of women's art award. Kunstmuseum Thun, 2012.
  5. ↑ Information wanted on Trudy Schlatter. In: Der kleine Bund , June 22, 2013, p. 36. ( PDF )
  6. ^ Swiss Society of Female Artists (SGBK). In: inventory overview. Archives of organizations and institutions , Gosteli Foundation , as of November 2018, p. 67, no. 299. ( PDF )
  7. ↑ 100 years of the SGBK Section Bern - A Chronicle. Pp. 5, 6, 8, 13. ( available online )
  8. ^ Gertrud Schlatter / Hanni Pfister / Art et Santé Genève-Fonds SGBK / SSFA.
  9. ↑ Helen Dahm, Trudy Schlatter, Ruth Stauffer: Kunsthalle, Bern, 7 September - 1 October 1950. Kunsthalle, Bern 1950.
  10. ↑ Exhibitions that have taken place. Excerpt from Swiss art = Art suisse = Arte svizzera = Swiss art , H. 5-6 (1961). ( PDF )
  11. ^ Trudy Schlatter memorial. Memorial exhibition: Great Orangery Elfenau Bern, May 26 to June 17, 1984. Women’s headquarters of the Canton of Bern (publisher), 1984.
  12. ↑ Trudy Schlatter. In: This is a women's world. 10 Years of the Women's Art Prize [on the occasion of the exhibition This is a Women's World. 10 years of women's art award at the Kunstmuseum Thun, October 20 - November 25, 2012] , Kunstmuseum Thun (publisher), Thun 2012, pp. 74–75.
personal data
SURNAME Schlatter, Trudy
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schlatter, Gertrud (real name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss illustrator and advocate of the women's movement
DATE OF BIRTH August 15, 1912
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern
DATE OF DEATH December 9, 1980
Place of death Montreux