Ursula Arnold

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Ursula Arnold (born March 10, 1929 in Gera ; † May 24, 2012 in Berlin ) was a German photographer .

Live and act

Ursula Arnold, whose father was already a photographer, studied photography at the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst in Leipzig . The attempt to work as a freelance photographer failed. In 1956 Arnold moved to East Berlin and worked as a camerawoman in the “Dramatic Art” department of the German TV broadcaster . She continued to take photos on her days off.

reception

Her photographic oeuvre was decisively influenced by her critical view of the GDR reality. In the GDR, photography was often a means of political education. Opposition standpoints that contrasted the official, state-compliant view with a different picture were rejected. Ursula Arnold was one of those artists who did not allow themselves to be involved. Franziska Schmidt wrote in the catalog for the exhibition in the Berlinische Galerie dedicated to the artist : “[Her pictures] show the quiet and hidden sides of life in which people are alone with themselves and everyday worries. Her pictures are an expression of the discrepancy between the propagated ideological portrayal of the optimistic person as a combative hero of socialism and the prevailing conditions. "In the words of the artist:" My sympathy belongs to those who do not belong to the rulers. I want to look for the special and the simple in everyday life, collect nuances, express life ... meet relatives in anonymity. "

A central motif of her realistic pictures, which were mainly created in Leipzig and Berlin, are people in urban surroundings. This is how important pictures from Prenzlauer Berg in the 1980s were created. From 1990 to 1994 Arnold only photographed landscapes in the Berlin area.

Together with Evelyn Richter and Arno Fischer , she is one of the most important representatives of her generation of photographers working in the GDR. Arnold was a member of the “action photography” group, which also included Roger and Renate Rössing , F. O. Bernstein , Günter Rössler and Volkmar Jaeger .

Awards

2002 Hannah Höch Prize

Filmography

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

Publications

  • Ursula Arnold; Franziska Schmidt; TO Immisch / Staatliche Galerie Moritzburg (Ed.) Ursula Arnold - Belle Tristesse. Photographs , exhibition catalog, ex pose Verlag, Berlin 2000
  • Ulrich Domröse; Alexander Tolnay: Ursula Arnold - photographs 1954–1990. Exhibition catalog, Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, Berlin 2002.

literature

Franziska Schmidt: Ursula Arnold. Moscow 1969. Essay. In: Rundbrief Fotografie Vol. 5 No. 4, 1998. foto.unibas.ch

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingeborg Ruthe: On the death of photographer Ursula Arnold: The East Berlin sidewalk . In: Berliner Zeitung , June 1, 2012
  2. ↑ Biography of the photographer Ursula Arnold ( Memento of the original from January 1, 2015 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. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.fotografen.nl
  3. ↑ Ursula Arnold on her 80th birthday ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. 2009 @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.poll-berlin.de
  4. ^ Ingeborg Ruthe: The East German sidewalk. In: Berliner Zeitung , March 10, 2009.
  5. ↑ Press release State of Berlin; Retrieved April 15, 2011.
  6. ↑ Ursula Arnold - Hannah Höch Prize 2002. ( Memento of the original from December 25, 2009 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. Neuer Berliner Kunstverein, accessed on April 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.nbk.org
  7. ↑ Ursula Arnold - on her 80th birthday. ( Memento of the original from January 5, 2012 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. Kunststiftung Poll, accessed April 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.poll-berlin.de
  8. ↑ Eros and Stasi - East German Photography Collection Gabriele König. ( Memento of the original from January 2, 2012 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. Ludwig Forum for International Art, accessed on April 15, 2011. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.ludwigforum.de
  9. ^ Leipzig - Photography since 1839. ( Memento from January 31, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) City History Museum Leipzig, accessed on April 15, 2011.
  10. ↑ Exhibition from August 22 , 2013 to October 6, 2013 : Artists in Dialogue - Paintings, Photographs and Sculptures ( Memento from September 1, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
  11. ↑ 25 female painters and photographers on the subject of »Landscape and Face«
  12. ↑ Art does not come from artificiality in FAZ from August 1, 2016, page 15
personal data
SURNAME Arnold, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German photographer
DATE OF BIRTH March 10, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH Gera
DATE OF DEATH May 24, 2012
Place of death Berlin