She returned a number of paintings and drawings to Kandinsky, and stored other pieces in a warehouse for many years. There grew an interest in painting the spirit of the modern civilization, its social and political turmoil and its gravitation towards materialism and alienation. She died at home in Murnau am Staffelsee on 19 May 1962. Münter and Kandinsky traveled through Europe including the Netherlands, Italy, and France, as well as North Africa. Strongly influenced by Matisse and Fauvism, Gauguin, and van Gogh, Münter's work became more representative[6] and she took refuge in the small Bavarian market town of Murnau, a village untouched by industrialization, progress, and technology. By 1908, her work began to change. In 1956, Münter received a few awards such as the Culture Prize from the City of Munich. [3] Her subsequent landscapes, many of which were painted in Murnau, employed strong contours around a palette of blue, green, yellow, and pink, often with red for emphasis. I mean that he has taught me to work fast enough, and with enough self-assurance, to be able to achieve this kind of rapid and spontaneous recording of moments of life. Münter bought a house in Murnau and spent much of her life there. It was here, in Münter's landscape paintings, that she emphasized nature, imaginative landscapes and an opposition to German modernism. [2] Münter studied outside the official art academies in Munich and Düsseldorf, as these were closed to women. Münter's style evolved over the course of her career. Bachrach, Susan. Münter was born to upper middle-class parents in Berlin. The German Expressionists moved towards primitive art as a model of abstraction or non-representational, non-academic, non-bourgeois art. Within the group, artistic approaches and aims varied amongst artists; however, they shared a common desire to express spiritual truths through art. [3] Throughout her career, color continued to play a large role in her work. [10] In 1914, Kandinsky returned to Russia without her, and his marriage in 1917 to Nina Andreevskaya marked the end of Münter and Kandinsky's relationship. Living in America and Europe gave Münter social exposure that many women did not have at the time. Her vivid colors and bold outlines were somewhat derived from Gauguin and the Fauves whom she admired. [13], Gabriële Münter in Kallmünz 1903, carrying a fresh-painted canvas, Hoberg, Annegret, and Long R.-C. Washton. In 1898, she decided to take a trip to America with her sister to visit extended family. She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter [5] This eventually turned into a personal relationship that lasted for over a decade. "Wassily Kandinsky and Gabriele Munter.". Gabriele Münter (Berlin, 19 February 1877 – 19 May 1962) was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. In 1901, she attended the beginners' classes of Maximilian Dasio at the Damenakademie (Women's Academy) of the Münchener Künstlerinnenverein (Munich Women Artists's Association). In spite of her financial problems, she preserved them with care during World War II. [7] Through several house searches, the pieces were never found. By the time she was 21 years old, both of her parents had died and she was living at home with no occupation. ", Wye, Deborah, review of Desire in Berlin, by. [6] She enjoyed exploring the world of children; using colorful prints of children and toys, Münter shows precision and simplicity of form in her rejection of symbolic content. Early on, Münter developed a great interest in landscapes. Her early works from her days at the Phalanx school show an extensive use of the palette knife and a limited color range of yellows, greens and browns. Münter studied woodcut techniques, sculpture, painting, and printmaking. Color is used to evoke feelings: picturesque, inviting, imaginative, and rich in fantasy. [3] She kept a journal and documented her journeys with a state-of-the-art camera. They stayed in America for more than two years, mainly in the states of Texas, Arkansas, and Missouri; six sketchbooks survive from Münter's period in America, depicting images of people, plants and landscapes. She contributed to a number of the most significant avant-garde exhibitions in Germany up till World War I. Meditationsmusik Querflöte - Smiling Ears Gabi Müller - Duration: 6 minutes, 6 seconds. Her childhood and early adulthood greatly impacted her future artistic career. Münter, Gabriele, Annegret Hoberg, Shulamith Behr, and Barnaby Wright. [6], When World War I began, Münter and Kandinsky relocated to Switzerland. In the summer of 1902, Kandinsky invited Münter to join him at his summer painting classes just south of Munich in the Alps, and she accepted. Gabi Müller is on Facebook. Von der Schulbank zum TV-Star: Seit mehr als einem Jahr ist Laura Müller, 19, nun an der Seite von Schlagersänger Michael Wendler, 47, und damit in aller Munde. Münter lived the rest of her life in Murnau, traveling back and forth to Munich. She had a free and unrestricted life that was unconstrained by convention. Join Facebook to connect with Gabi Müller and others you may know. She was familiar with many of the more famous artists of the time; in one of her journals, she stated that she wanted to learn from the avant-garde artists in France. 3:04. As she was growing up, she had a private tutor. The Gabrielle Münter and Johannes Eichner foundation was established and has become a valuable research center for Münter's art, as well as the art that was done by the Blaue Reiter group. He began to adopt Münter's use of saturated colors and abstract expressionist style. He (or she) was interested in the soul of things, wanting to lay it bare. 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[6] Münter's landscapes are unusual in their use of blues, greens, yellows, and pinks; and color plays a large role in Münter's early works. On her eightieth birthday, Münter gave her entire collection, which consisted of more than 80 oil paintings and 330 drawings, to the Städtische Galerie in the Lenbachhaus in Munich. They championed modern art, the connection between visual art and music, the spiritual and symbolic associations of color and a spontaneous, intuitive approach to painting in its move toward abstraction. [2] Münter then studied at the Phalanx School in Munich, an avant-garde institution founded by Russian artist, Wassily Kandinsky. Münter's landscape paintings employ a radical Jugendstil simplicity and suggestive symbolism with softly muted colors, collapsed pictorial space and flattened forms. View the profiles of people named Gabi Muller. Sign in to like videos, comment, and subscribe. Gabriele Münter (Berlin, 19 February 1877 – 19 May 1962) was a German expressionist painter who was at the forefront of the Munich avant-garde in the early 20th century. There is a transition in Münter's work from copying nature more or less impressionistically to feeling its content, abstracting, and drawing out an extract. Behr, Shulamith (2003, January 01). In the 1930s, as tension started to grip Europe, and modernist movements were condemned in Germany by the Nazi government, she had all of the art work done by her, Kandinsky, and the other members of the Blaue Reiter transported to her house, where she hid them. Join Facebook to connect with Gabi Muller and others you may know. Gabi Müller fent van a Facebookon. [9] The German artist looked not for harmony of outward appearance, but for the mystery hidden behind the external form. Sign in. Regardless of the times, her family supported her desires to become an artist. Soon after she began taking classes, Münter became professionally involved with Kandinsky. Along with this, Münter was inspired by Bavarian folk art, particularly the technique of reverse-glass painting (Hinterglasmalerei in German).[4]. [7] It was during this time that they met Rousseau and Matisse. Uploads Play all. [8], For Münter, it is the use of color that expresses these ideas. [11] Subsequently, there was a period of inactivity in her art career. Münter noted that pictures are all moments of life: instantaneous visual experiences, generally rapid and spontaneous; her paintings each have their own identity, their own shape, and their own function. Watch Queue Queue She resumed painting in the late 1920s after she had moved back to Germany with Johannes Eichner after the war.[12]. Münter and Kandinsky's relationship affected Kandinsky's work. At first I experienced great difficulty with my brushwork – I mean with what the French call la touche de pinceau. In 1897, at the age of twenty, Münter received artistic training in the Düsseldorf studio of artist Ernst Bosch and later at the Damenschule (Women's School) of Willy Platz.[2]. When she was with Johannes Eichner, she still continued to represent the movement. Münter's work was exhibited in the 1960s in the US for the first time and was shown at Mannheim Kunsthalle in 1961. A Facebookhoz csatlakozva tarthatod a kapcsolatot Gabi Müller nevű ismerősöddel és másokkal, akiket már ismersz. She began to draw as a child. [3] Both girls had inherited a large amount of money, allowing them to live freely and independently. [1] She studied and lived with the painter Wassily Kandinsky and was a founding member of the expressionist group Der Blaue Reiter. [4] At the Phalanx School, Münter was introduced to Post-Impressionism and the marking techniques of a palette knife and a brush. [5] Kandinsky was the first teacher that had actually taken Münter's painting abilities seriously. So Kandinsky taught me how to achieve the effects that I wanted with a palette knife... My main difficulty was I could not paint fast enough. Well, it was Kandinsky who taught me the technique of swimming. Let's Go! In 2018, the Louisiana Museum of Modern Art of Copenhagen, Denmark, ran an exhibition from May to August with about 130 works by Gabriele Münter, many of which were being shown for the first time, in the artist's first comprehensive retrospective in decades. Michael Wendler: Freundin Laura Müller ist tieftraurig. [12] In the early 1920s, Münter painted portraits with the minimal line and compositional clarity valued in Neue Sachlichkeit circles of the day. 1,377 views; 10 years ago; This item has been hidden. In 1911 Münter was one of the first artists to exhibit with Kandinsky's German Expressionist group known as Der Blaue Reiter (The Blue Rider). [4] At the Phalanx School, Münter attended sculpture courses taught by Wilhelm Hüsgen. When I begin to paint, it's like leaping suddenly into deep waters, and I never know beforehand whether I will be able to swim. "Münter, Gabriele". Münter was heavily focused on German Expressionism, and she worked in various mediums, including a significant output in wood- and linocuts. Münter was part of a small subgroup of artists active in transforming late Impressionist, Neo-Impressionist, and Jugendstil (or Art Nouveau) painting into the more radical, non-naturalistic art now identified as Expressionism. (TV Movie 2014) cast and crew credits, including actors, actresses, directors, writers and more. Münter and Kandinsky helped establish the Munich-based avant-garde group called the New Artists’ Association (Neue Künstlervereinigung). In Münter's landscapes, she presents the village and countryside as manifestations of human life; there is a constant interaction and coexistence with nature. My pictures are all moments of life – I mean instantaneous visual experiences, generally noted very rapidly and spontaneously. Der Schlagerstar verkündet nun eine bittere Nachricht – „Ihre Eltern haben...“ Weiterlesen: Gabi Müller.