Ottilie W. Roederstein / Sandra Gianfreda, Alexander Eiling, Eva-Maria Höllerer ; with additional texts by Barbara Rök and Iris Schmeisser ; [translations, Judith Rosenthal]

Format:

Book

Contributor:

Roederstein, Ottilie W., 1859-1937.

Gianfreda, Sandra, writer of supplementary textual content, editor.

Eiling, Alexander B., writer of supplementary textual content, editor.

Höllerer, Eva-Maria, writer of supplementary textual content, editor.

Rök, Barbara, writer of supplementary textual content.

Schmeisser, Iris, writer of supplementary textual content.

Rosenthal, Judith (Translator), translator.

Kunsthaus Zürich, host institution.

Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

Städtische Galerie im Städelschen Kunstinstitut Frankfurt am Main, host institution.

Language:

English

German

Subjects (All):

Roederstein, Ottilie W., 1859-1937--Exhibitions.

Roederstein, Ottilie W.

Roederstein, Ottilie W., 1859-1937.

Portrait painting, Swiss--Exhibitions.

Portrait painting, Swiss.

Portrait drawing--Switzerland--Exhibitions.

Portrait drawing.

Switzerland.

Genre:

Exhibition catalogs.

Physical Description:

207 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), facsimiles, portraits ; 29 cm

Place of Publication:

Berlin, Germany : Hatje Cantz Verlag, 2020.

Summary:

Ottilie W. Roederstein, born to German parents in Zurich in 1859, was one of the leading painters in the German-speaking world during her lifetime. She also enjoyed early recognition in Paris. As one of the few women of her time, she successfully dedicated her entire life to art and led an unconventional but respected existence in Germany together with her partner, the gynecologist Elisabeth H. Winterhalter. Although Roederstein's early work adhered to the conventions of the academy, the painter increasingly opened herself up to other currents in her more mature work and in the 1920s found her way to an austere, objective visual vocabulary. Despite her international reputation as a portraitist and painter of still lifes, Roederstein fell into oblivion almost immediately after her death in 1937. Now, after several decades, the Kunsthaus Zürich and the Städel Museum in Frankfurt am Main are presenting the first monographic show of her work, accompanied by this comprehensive catalogue. Exhibition: Kunsthaus Zürich, Zürich, Switzerland (18.12.2020 - 04.04.2021) / Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, Germany (15.05. - 05.09.2021).

Contents:

Foreword / Christoph Becker

Acknowledgements

Roederstein : Self. Determined. / Alexander Eiling, Sandra Gianfreda, Eva-Maria Höllerer

Zurich, Berlin, Paris : stepping stones in a female artist's training / Sandra Gianfreda

The self as manifesto and affirmation : a look at Roederstein's painted self-portraits / Barbara Rök

"On est fou ici" : Roederstein in Frankfurt am Maim and Hofheim / Alexander Eiling

Between tradition and transformation : Roederstein's late work / Eva-Maria Höllerer

Roederstein as art collector and patron / Sandra Gianfreda

"From my sketchbook" : the Roederstein-Jughenn Archive in the Städel Museum / Iris Schmeisser

Biography / Alexander Eiling, Sandra Gianfreda, Eva-Maria Höllerer

Appendix.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references.

Local Notes:

Catalogue of the exhibition "Ottilie W. Roederstin" held at the Kunsthaus Zürich from December 18, 2020-April 5, 2021 and the exhibition "Self. Determined" held at the Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, from May 19-September 5, 2021.

Catalog of an exhibition held at the Kunsthaus Zürich, December 18, 2020 - April 5, 2021; Städel Museum, Frankfurt am Main, May 19 - September 5, 2021.

Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Lawrence H. Herring Memorial Fund.

Related Work:

Roederstein, Ottilie W., 1859-1937. Works. Selections.

ISBN:

9783775747950

3775747958

9783906269290

3906269299

OCLC:

1244279021