Magda Hagstotz

Magda Hagstotz ( born January 25, 1914 in Stuttgart, † 2001) was a representative of the German post-war abstract painting or painting. Your favorite Ausdruckungsmittel were the watercolor and the material image.

Life

Magda Hagstotz came from Stuttgart. From 1930 to 1933 she studied at the Württemberg State School of Applied Arts, now part of the State Academy of Fine Arts in Stuttgart, and learned all aspects of applied art. In 1932 she attended the Reimannschule in Berlin and a stay in London joined in 1934.

Back in Stuttgart, she made textile studies and attended from 1938 to 1943 the Stuttgart Art Academy as a student of Albert Müller ( 1884-1963 ) and Gerth Tuck ( 1901-1980 ). Between 1943 and 1945, they focused mainly on the areas of Akt and composition. Between 1941 and 1962 she was also a designer in stained leather house penny and Co. in Ludwigsburg. This work decidedly influenced them and their art. From 1941 she worked mainly as a freelance artist.

Work

Magda Hagstotz received her artistic development in the twenties and thirties. The theories of Stuttgart secession and contemporary artists such as Ida Kerkovius, Max Ackermann, Willi Baumeister, Oskar Schlemmer, Adolf Hölzel and Alfred Lörcher were a source of inspiration and role model for their work.

Hagstotz worked with very different techniques. In addition to sculptures she has created art in construction for public and private buildings in and around Stuttgart. In the figurative works, plaster reliefs and paintings material, the influence of Schlemmer and Baumeister is felt particularly strongly. The watercolors and pastels one is reminded of the color intensity and lightness of Kerkovius and Ackermann. Her works are characterized by a deep harmony, in the Ernst and grief are at home.

The work Hagstotzs been shown at numerous exhibitions at home and abroad. Many of her works are in private and public collections.

Award

• Gold medal at the Milan Triennale