Annemirl Bauer Explained

Annemirl Bauer
Birth Date:10 April 1939
Birth Place:Jena, Germany
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
Nationality:German
Field:Painting

Annemirl Bauer (1939-1989) was an East German painter.[1]

Biography

Bauer was born in Jena on 10 April 1939. She studied at the Akademie der Bildenden Künste (Dresden).[2] She was a prolific artist, and also a vocal critic of the GDR on the issue of conscription of women and restriction of travel into West Germany. Her political stance resulted in her expulsion from the East German Verband Bildender Künstler (Association of Visual Artists).[3]

Bauer died in Berlin on 23 August 1989.[2]

In 2010 a park in Berlin, Annemirl-Bauer-Platz, was named in her honor.[4]

In 2019 her work was included in the exhibit The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain at Wende Museum in Culver City, California.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bauer, Annemirl, 1939-1989 . Library of Congress . 7 April 2020.
  2. Web site: Annemirl Bauer . RKD . 7 April 2020 . en.
  3. Web site: Gröschner . Annett . Lesen Sie zeit.de mit Werbung oder imPUR-Abo. Sie haben die Wahl. . Zeit Online . 7 April 2020.
  4. Web site: Annemirl Bauer . Frauenorte Brandenburg . 7 April 2020.
  5. Web site: The Medea Insurrection: Radical Women Artists Behind the Iron Curtain . Wende Museum . 7 April 2020 . 3 August 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210803051759/https://www.wendemuseum.org/programs/medea-insurrection-radical-women-artists-behind-iron-curtain . dead .