Ida Gerhardi
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Ida Gerhardi (2 August 1862 – 29 June 1927) was a German Neo-Impressionist painter who spent much of her career in Paris.
Biography[]
She was born in Hagen. Her father was a doctor. After his early death in 1869, the family moved to Detmold, where she grew up. Although she had wanted to be a painter since she was a young girl, she was twenty-eight before she was able to pursue her ambitions. In 1890, she enrolled at the Women's Academy of the " " and studied with the landscape painter, Tina Blau.[1]
In 1891, she moved to Paris, where she studied at the Académie Colarossi, a popular school for foreign students. There, she befriended the composer, Frederick Delius, and his future wife, the painter Jelka Rosen. In 1900, she made the acquaintance of Auguste Rodin and joined the artistic circle at Le Dôme Café.[1]
At first, she worked as a landscape painter, inspired by the Barbizon school, but soon lightened her palette and began concentrating on portraits. She also did scenes from the amusement halls and pubs, which she visited with her friend, Käthe Kollwitz,[1] at a time when it was just beginning to be acceptable for unaccompanied women to visit such establishments.
She organized her own exhibitions and sold her works largely by herself. She also made purchases on behalf of Karl Ernst Osthaus, the founder of the Museum Folkwang, including works by Rodin and Aristide Maillol. In 1907, she organized an exhibition of French art in Berlin at the then, in turn, an exhibition of German art at a gallery called "Les Tendances Nouvelles" in Paris. She was a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund and participated in exhibitions by both the Munich Secession and the Berlin Secession.[1]
Due to failing health, she had to give up her Paris studio in 1913 and return to Germany, where she lived with her relatives in Lüdenscheid. After her death from lung disease in 1927, her remains were taken to Detmold.[1]
Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis[]
In 1989, the Lüdenscheid Savings Bank, in collaboration with the Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, established the "Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis" (Sponsorship Prize). It is currently (2017) worth 5,000 Euros. Notable recipients include
, and .Selected paintings[]
Frederick Delius
Violinist
Bar Scene
Siamese Prince
References[]
- ^ Jump up to: a b c d e Biography and additional references @ FemBio.
Further reading[]
- Vera Scheef, Die Künstlerin Ida Gerhardi 1862–1927. Detmold um 1900. ISBN 3-89528-435-1
- Susanne Conzen (Ed.), Ida Gerhardi-Deutsche Künstlerinnen in Paris um 1900, (Exhibition catalog), Hirmer, 2012 ISBN 978-3-7774-4791-9
- Annegret Rittmann (Ed.), Wozu die ganze Welt, wenn ich nicht malte, Ida Gerhardi, Briefe einer Malerin zwischen Paris und Berlin, Klartext, Essen 2012, ISBN 978-3-8375-0740-9
- Hans Gottlob: "Die Wegbegleiterinnen Ida Gerhardi und Jelka Rosen". In: Frederik Delius, der vergessene Kosmopolit, Bielefeld, 2012 ISBN 978-3-89528-964-4
External links[]
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- The Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis website
- Literature by and about Ida Gerhardi in the German National Library catalogue
- Works by and about Ida Gerhardi in the Deutsche Digitale Bibliothek (German Digital Library)
- 1862 births
- 1927 deaths
- 19th-century German painters
- 20th-century German painters
- German women painters
- German portrait painters
- Académie Colarossi alumni
- People from Hagen
- Deaths from lung disease
- 20th-century German women artists
- 19th-century German women artists