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Magda Hagstotz (1914–2001) was a German painter and belonging to the post-war abstract art movement.[1] Her works consist mainly of watercolors and elaborately textured surfaces on small and medium canvases.

Magda Hagstotz
Born	1914 (1914) Stuttgart, Germany
Died	2001 (aged 86–87) Stuttgart, Germany
Nationality	German
Education	Würtembergischen Staatlichen, Reimannschule Berlin, Kunstakademie Stuttgart
Known for	Painting
Movement	Abstract Art

Early life and education

Hagstotz was born in Stuttgart[2] and was influenced by the theories of the Stuttgarter Schule and by contemporary artists such as Ida Kerkovius, Max Ackermann, Willi Baumeister, Oskar Schlemmer, Adolf Hölzel and de:Alfred Lörcher.[2] She attended the Würtembergischen Staatlichen Kunstgewerbeschule from 1930 to 1933 and the Reimannschule Berlin in 1932. She studied in London and elsewhere from 1934 to 1937, then at the Kunstakademie Stuttgart from 1938 to 1943. She studied the nude form and composition under G. Biese from 1943 to 1945.

Career

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From 1941 until 1962, she was chief designer of textiles for a colored-leather manufacturer, Pfennig u. Co.; Ludwigsburg. She also engaged in independent artistic activity from 1941 onwards.

She was awarded a gold medal at the Milano Triennial^[when?].

Works

A private collector in Bruges, Belgium, maintains an inventory of 27 Hagstotz works. These works span the 1950s to 1980s, and consist primarily of mixed media:[3]

• Hinein, 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298a)
• Nachteule, 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298b)
• Grenze, 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298c)
• Zeuge, 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298d)
• Die Wiese, 1970s, unsigned (ref. 298e)
• Nachtgespinst, 1977, signed, dated (ref. 298f)
• Versprechung, 1980s, signed (ref. 298g)
• Engel der Nacht, 1967, signed (ref. 298h)
• Pax Romana, 1960s, signed (ref. 298i)
• Zwiespalt, 1960s, signed (ref. 298j)
• Schaltung, 1970s, signed (ref. 298k)
• Spur, 1990, signed (ref. 298l)
• Bezauberung, 1960s, signed, stamped (ref. 298m)
• Spiegelung, 1960s, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298n)
• Spiel, 1950s, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298o)
• Erlösung, date unknown, signed (ref. 298p)
• Zeug, date unknown, unsigned (ref. 298q)
• Strömung, date unknown, unsigned (ref. 298r)
• Sehnsucht, 1977, signed, dated (Reference 298s)
• Die Vereinbarung, date unknown, unsigned (ref. 298t)
• Dissonanz, date unknown, signed (ref. 298u)
• Ritus, date unknown, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298v)
• Florae 1, date unknown, unsigned, stamped (ref. 298x)
• Florae 2, date unknown, signed, stamped (ref. 298y)
• Florae 3, 1966, signed, dated (ref. 298z)
• Florae 4, 1965, signed, dated (ref. 298za)
• Selbstporträt mit gewalzte Tusche 1972, signed, dated (ref. 298zb)

References

Bibliography

• Schlegel, Hans K and Paul Sviridoff. Die Malerin Magda Hagstotz, Verlag Paul Sviridoff, Schwäbisch Hall, 1984 ISBN 3-921279-06-2
• Bütow, Kurt. Europäisches Künstlerlexikon, Malerei und Zeichenkunst, Bavaria Kunstverlag.
• Nagel, Gert K. Schwäbisches Künstlerlexikon vom Barock bis zur Gegenwart, Verlag Kunst & Antiquitäten – München.

На других языках

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[de] Magda Hagstotz

Magda Hagstotz (* 25. Januar 1914 in Stuttgart; † 19. April 2002 ebd.) war eine Vertreterin der deutschen abstrakten Malerei beziehungsweise Nachkriegsmalerei. Ihre bevorzugten Ausdruckungsmittel waren das Aquarell und das Materialbild.

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- [en] Magda Hagstotz

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[fr] Magda Hagstotz

Magda Hagstotz (Stuttgart, 25 janvier 1914 - Stuttgart, 2001) est une peintre, styliste et représentante prolifique du mouvement abstrait dans l’art allemand de l’après-guerre. Ses deux médiums de prédilection sont l’aquarelle et le panneau structuré/texturé, ses formats sont petits ou de taille moyenne.

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