MARIA VON HEIDER-SCHWEINITZ

works

Redhead, 1938, oil on canvas, 98 x 70 cm
Flower vase, green glass, 1970, tempera on chalk, laid paper, 63 x 49 cm
Painter with sunflower, (self-portrait), 1938, oil on canvas, 70 x 50 cm
Red potted plant on a blue background, 1938, oil on canvas, 71 x 60 cm
Asters, 1945, watercolor. 40 x 31 cm, framed
Still life with flower vase, teapot and cup, 1947, ink, chalk, watercolor, monogrammed and dated lower left, 46 x 35 cm
Standing with yellow scarf, 1939, oil on canvas, 96 x 66 cm signed "H. H.".
Portrait Horand, 1938, oil on canvas, 100 x 60cm
Portrait of a girl, 1936, oil on canvas, 105.5 x 70 cm
Vase, branch and other vessels, 1972, 96 x 55 cm
Resting, 1973, oil on canvas, 110 x 69 cm
Self-portrait, 1939, oil on canvas, signed and dated below, Dedication to Mr. Schmidt-Rottluff, 70.5 x 50.5 cm
Flower vase, apples, empty bowl, ca. 1970, tempera and chalk, 50 x 60 cm
Ehepaar, 1936, oil on canvas, 129 x 153 cm, signed.
White lilies in a dark vase, 1936, oil on canvas, 113 x 79.5 cm
Sunflower and fruit, 1941, 97 x 76 cm
Hagen von Heider, 1937, oil on canvas, 100 x 63 cm

biography

1894  Born on February 20 in Darmstadt

1915  First apprenticeship with Georg Masson in Berlin

1918  Relocation to Frankfurt/Main

1925-29   Lessons with the sculptors Richard Scheibe and Georg Kolbe

1932  Acquaintance with Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

1933  Scheibe and Schmidt-Rottluff recommend a complete dedication to painting

1934  Studio at the Städel in Frankfurt/Main and start of residencies at the artists' colony on Lake Leba in Pomerania

1935  Acquaintance with Gerhard Marcks and Wilhelm Nay

1938  Banned from painting, her works are rejected as degenerate art

1942-45  Loss of the Städel studio as a result of the war, 300 oil paintings are lost due to storage until the end of the war

1946  Resumption of painting activities

1949   Solo exhibition at the Frankfurt Kunstkabinett with Hanna Bekker vom Rath

1950   Rosa Schapire is interested in the artist's work and decides to write a monograph, which is not completed due to her early death Collective exhibition at the Karl-Ernst-Osthaus-Museum in Hagen

1951   First summer stay in Sierksdorf, Bay of Lübeck,

with Emy and Karl Schmidt-Rottluff

1958    Collective exhibition at the Frankfurt Kunstkabinett with Hanna Bekker vom Rath

1960    Collective exhibition at the Bayer Leverkusen paint manufacturers

1972    Solo exhibition Galerie Rinke & Riemenschneider, Hamburg

1974    Maria von Heider-Schweinitz dies in Frankfurt/Main

1977    Memorial exhibition at the Parlamentarische Gesellschaft in Bonn (catalog)

1982    Solo exhibition at Galerie Norbert Blaeser, Düsseldorf (catalog). The Berlinische Galerie and the Landesmuseum of Schleswig-Holstein in Gottorf Castle acquire works

1987     Collective exhibition at the Norbert Blaeser Gallery, Düsseldorf

1994     Solo exhibition at the Norbert Blaeser Gallery, Düsseldorf- Retrospective

on the occasion of his 100th birthday - (catalog), Historisches Museum, Frankfurt am Main