Gertrud Staats

Gertrud Staats
Born(1859-02-21)21 February 1859
Wrocław, Kingdom of Prussia
Died21 June 1938(1938-06-21) (aged 79)
Wrocław
NationalityGerman
Known forPainting

Gertrud Staats (1859–1938) was a German painter and founder of Vereinigung Schlesischer Kűnstlerinnen. She was known for her landscapes.

Biography

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Staats was born on 21 February 1859 in Wrocław. She received her first training from Adolf Dressler [de].[1] She also studied with Hans Gude and Franz Skarbina in Berlin.[2] She was acquainted artists from the Neu-Dachau (New Dachau) including Adolf Hölzel and Ludwig Dill. Staats incorporated the styles of Romantic realism, Impressionism, Art Nouveau and Expressionism.[1]

She exhibited her paintings in Berlin from 1881 through 1912, and in Munich from 1888 through 1908. She also exhibited in Vienna, Dresden, Hamburg, Bremen, Gdańsk, and Bytom.[1]

Staats exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[2]

In 1902 Staats founded the Vereinigung Schlesischer Kűnstlerinnen, the Association of Silesian Artists.[3]

In the early 20th century Staats was considered one of the major Silesian landscape painters.[2] After World War I she shifted her focus from landscape painting to flower and still life painting.[1]

Staats died on 21 June 1938 in Wrocław.[1]

  • Landscape, Gertrud Staats
    Landscape, Gertrud Staats
  • Footbridge over woodland stream, Gertrud Staats
    Footbridge over woodland stream, Gertrud Staats

Legacy

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Staats' paintings are in the National Museum, Warsaw, and the Karkonosze Museum in Jelenia Gora. In 2018 the Royal Palace in Wrocław held a retrospective exhibition of Staats' paintings.[3]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e Ratajczak, Elżbieta. "Staats Gertrud". Słownik Biograficzny Ziemi Jeleniogórskiej. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 13 August 2018.
  3. ^ a b Talik, Magdalena. "Wystawa śląskiej malarki Gertrud Staats w Pałacu Królewskim". www.wroclaw.pl. Retrieved 13 August 2018.
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