by ellen | Dec 10, 2021 | artist-timeline
1893-1970 “All my striving sought the light.” -[All mein Bestreben wollte das Licht] Fritz Ascher, Poems vol. 4, 167. Fritz Ascher (Berlin, 1893 –1970) was a German-Jewish artist, whose work is characterized by Expressionist and Symbolist sensitivity. In paintings,...
by ellen | Dec 10, 2021 | artist-timeline
1899-1994 “In my case it was threads that caught me, really against my will. To work with threads seemed sissy to me. I wanted something to be conquered… but they won me over.” -Anni Albers, “Material as Metaphor,” in Anni Albers & Brenda Danilowitz, Anni Albers:...
by ellen | Dec 10, 2021 | essays
Eckhart J. Gillen(Translation by Helen Adkins, Berlin)
by ellen | Dec 10, 2021 | essays
Trina...
by ellen | Dec 10, 2021 | artist-timeline
1921-Present “I loved fighting the Germans even if it was just on paper.” -Lily Renee quoted in Lily, a documentary film by Adrienne Gruben, 2019 Lily Renée arrived during the Holocaust in New York City as a teenager, and somehow found work in the male-dominated comic...
