Ursula Koschinsky

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Ursula Koschinsky (born November 24, 1923 in Königsberg (East Prussia) , † September 26, 2016 in Schwenningen ) was a German artist and glass painter .

Youth and education

She attended the Königin-Luise-Schule in Königsberg, passed the Abitur in 1942 and was then committed to the Reich Labor Service at Lyck and employed in the hospital service. In February 1945 she and her family fled from the approaching Red Army, first in a mine clearing boat from Pillau across the Danzig Bay to Gotenhafen , and then on a passenger ship across the southern Baltic Sea to Saßnitz . After the occupation of Rügen in May 1945 by the Soviet headquartersat the end of the year they left for the British zone of occupation in Flensburg . In 1946 the family moved to Randegg im Hegau . She began studying art at the State Art School in Hamburg in 1946 and, during her training, concentrated on glass art and wall painting , which were taught by Professor Theo Ortner. In order to deepen her practical skills and knowledge of glass painting, she worked in the summer holidays of 1947 and 1948 of her student days in the Albert Heberle glass workshop in Überlingen on Lake Constance. As a thesis in May 1951, she created a new glazing design for the large west window in the westwork of Cologne Cathedral . The work of the young student was then shortlisted.

Working as an artist

After completing her studies, she mainly took on church commissions as a freelance artist. Her masterpieces of sacred art are the large-format wall painting of the Way of the Cross in the chapel of the Maximilian-Kaller-Heim in Balve-Helle and the 24 square meter window wall of the Ermlandhaus in Münster . Other important works of art are: the mosaic wall with seven scenes of St. Dorothea von Montau in Königstein , the 14 Stations of the Cross in Bad Sooden-Allendorf and the tabernacle with mosaic stones made from pieces of glass and amber from the Baltic Sea coast in the St. Andrew's Chapel in the Ermlandhaus in Münster.

From 1971–1972 she worked as a nurse in Schaffhausen , Switzerland, and from 1972 until her retirement in 1988 she taught art at the St. Ursula School in Geisenheim . In 1989 she moved to Schwenningen in the Black Forest to look after her sick brother Georg .

Works of art (selection)

Sacred art

Profane art

Portrait painting

  • 1944: Gertrud Charlotte Koschinsky, charcoal drawing
  • 1946: Georg Koschinsky, charcoal drawing
  • 1950: Annelore Mehlhorn, tempera on canvas
  • 1950: Helene Koschinsky, tempera on canvas
  • 1951: Self-portrait in a hooded coat, charcoal drawing
  • 1955: Maria Frank-Goris, oil on hardboard
  • 1965: Lilly Graf, acrylic on canvas
  • 1966: Ernst Laws , acrylic on canvas

literature

  • Karl Busch : The woman as an artist in the church . In: Das Münster 9/10, 1955, pp. 279–304.
  • Hugo Schell: Two painters away from the big city. Agnes Mann and Ursula Koschinsky . In: Das Münster 16, 1963, pp. 329–342.
  • Gerhard Bott , Dieter Gromann, G. Ulrich Großmann : Reclam's Art Guide Germany . Vol. 4 (Hessen), 6th edition, Reclam-Verlag , Ditzingen 1987, ISBN 978-3-15-008466-3 , p. 529.
  • Festschrift 50 years of St. Bonifatius Church in Bad Sooden-Allendorf . 2008.
  • Hedwig Harwardt: The Harwardt family and the Maximilian-Kaller-Heim in Helle . In: Warmia letters 2010/4 Christmas . Historical Association for Warmia (HVE), Bulletin Christmas 2010 56/4, p. XII.
  • Heinrich Otten: The glass wall in the Ermlandhaus in Münster . In: Warmia Book 2011 . Bishop Maximilian Kaller Foundation V. (Ed.), Aschendorff Verlag , Münster 2011, pp. 51–72.
  • Heinrich Otten: The Dorotheen mosaic in the college church in Königstein / Taunus . In: Ermlandbuch 2012 . Bishop Maximilian Kaller Foundation V. (Ed.), Aschendorff Verlag, Münster 2012, pp. 85-102.
  • Heinrich Otten: Painting of the Don Bosco Chapel in Helle near Balve . In: Warmia Book 2013 . Bishop Maximilian Kaller Foundation V. (Ed.), Aschendorff-Verlag, Münster 2013, pp. 79-105.
  • Heinrich Otten: The symbolic way of the cross from Allendorf . In: Warmia Book 2013 . Bishop Maximilian Kaller Foundation V. (Ed.), Aschendorff-Verlag, Münster 2013, pp. 106–114.
  • Heinrich Otten, Hans Spörri: Ursula Koschinsky. Life and work of a woman from Königsberg . Bishop Maximilian Kaller Foundation V., Münster 2013; DK-Galerie-Verlag, Berlin 2014, ISBN 978-3-9816444-0-1 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Bad Sooden - Allendorf. St. Boniface Church. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on September 28, 2013 ; Retrieved July 25, 2013 . 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.belocal.de
  2. ↑ https://opacplus.bib-bvb.de/TouchPoint_touchpoint/start.do?Query=205%3D%22BV038641369%22&Language=De&SearchProfile=
  3. ↑ https://opacplus.bib-bvb.de/TouchPoint_touchpoint/start.do?Query=205%3D%22BV038553296%22&Language=De&SearchProfile=
  4. ^ Heinrich Otten, Hans Spörri (graphic design): Ursula Koschinsky. Life and work of a woman from Königsberg. (PDF; 8.8 MB) Bischof-Maximilian-Kaller-Stiftung e. V. in Munster; DK-Galerie-Verlag, Neufertstr. 10, 14059 Berlin, 2013, pp. 35–128 , accessed on November 23, 2013 .
personal data
SURNAME Koschinsky, Ursula
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German artist and glass painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 24, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Königsberg (East Prussia)
DATE OF DEATH 26th September 2016
Place of death Schwenningen