G. I. Widmann
Retrospektive
| Editor(s) | Kunstmuseum Reutlingen |
|---|---|
| Author(s) | David Gaiser, Herbert Eichhorn, Maren Keß-Hälbig, Sarah Debatin |
| Design | Andy Schmidt |
| Size | 24 x 28 cm |
| Pages | 136 |
| Illustrations | 125 |
| Cover | Hardcover |
| Language(s) | German |
| ISBN | 978-3-947563-42-5 |
A Tribute to the 100th Birthday. One of the Important Figurative Positions of the Young Federal Republic of Germany
She was an unusual painter who sought to hide her gender behind a pseudonym, while at the same time addressing her own circumstances as an independent artist and single mother in her large-format canvases. Gudrun Irene Widmann (b. 1919, Reutlingen; d. 2011, Reutlingen) created an oeuvre that lays claim to being one of the most important figurative positions of the 1950s and ’60s. This retrospective volume pays testimony to a strong personality and sheds light not only on her self-image as an artist but also on the influences of society and personal contexts — representative of the situation of female artists in general.
Gudrun Irene Widmann studied at the academies in Düsseldorf, Stuttgart, and Vienna during the Second World War. She worked in her own studio in her hometown of Reutlingen until her death.
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