Christa Dichgans Explained

Christa Dichgans (1940-2018) was a German painter,^[1] associated with the Pop Art movement.^[2]

Biography

Dichgans was born in Berlin, Germany in 1940^[1] and studied painting at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin and the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes).^[3]

In 1966 she received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation and moved to New York City, returning to Europe to live in Rome the following year. From 1972 on she lived in Berlin and La Haute Carpénée in the south of France. Between 1984 and 1988, she worked as assistant to Georg Baselitz at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin.^[4]

Dichgans died in 2018 in Berlin.^{[1] [3]}

Public collections

Her work is held in a number of public collections including:^[5]

• Kirchliches Museen Würzburg
• Kunstmuseum Bonn
• Kunstverein Schloß Wertingen
• Neue Nationalgalerie. Berlin
• Sammlung des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin
• Städtische Galerie Viersen

See also

• List of German painters

External links

• Christa Dichgans on ArtFacts

Notes and References

1. Web site: Christa Dichgans . Digital Collection . 20 October 2021 . en.
2. Web site: Christa Dichgans . Frieze . 20 October 2021 . en.
3. Web site: Christa Dichgans . AWARE Women artists / Femmes artistes . 20 October 2021.
4. Web site: Christa Dichgans . Galerie Daniel Blau . 20 October 2021.
5. Web site: Christa Dichgans . ArtNet . 20 October 2021.