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Elvira Bach
German Junge Wilde Abstract Gouache Painting Hand Signed, Neo Expressionist Bach

1987

About the Item

Framed 21.5 x 17 image 12.5 x 9 inches. Elvira Bach (born 22 June 1951) is a postmodernist German painter known for her colourful images of women. A member of the Junge Wilde art movement, she lives and works in Berlin. She is the mother of two children, including basketball player Maodo Lô. Elvira Bach was born on 22 June 1951 in Neuenhain in Hesse, West Germany. She grew up with her twin sister Ingrid in a rural setting. From 1967 to 1970, Bach studied at the Erwin-Stein-Schule (state glass vocational school) in Hadamar . Afterwards, she moved to Berlin and studied painting from 1972 to 1979 at the Berlin University of the Arts with "Junge Wilde" or "Neue Wilde" titled painters Rainer Fetting and Salomé. During her studies, she worked at the playhouse Schaubühne in Berlin. In 1981, a scholarship led Elvira Bach to the Dominican Republic to study as an "artist in residence", and was greatly inspired by her experiences there. That same year, she was invited to participate in the "Documenta VII". This was her breakthrough that led to a number of national and international exhibitions of her artwork. Collections and Exhibitions 1978: Metzgerei 1979: bathtub paintings, SO 36, Berlin 1982: documenta 7, Kassel 1988: Refigured Painting - The German Image 1969-1988, Guggenheim Museum, New York 1990/1991: Mannheimer Kunstverein, Mannheim and Kunsthalle Wilhelmshaven, Wilhelmshaven and Neue Galerie Graz 1999: House on the Lützowplatz Berlin 2001: Bavarian State Museum in Asbach Abbey 2002: Kunsthalle Dominikanerkirche, Osnabrück 2004: Kunstverein Salzgitter 2006: Kronacher Kunstverein e. V., on the fortress Rosenberg 2006: House on the Lützowplatz, Berlin 2007: Gallery Noah, Augsburg 2009: Stadtgalerie Bad Soden im Taunus; Influences africaines, Frauenmuseum Bonn 2010: Museum of European Art (NRW), Nörvenich Castle, near Cologne 2011: Galerie Jaeschke, Brunswick 2012: Gallery Anne Moerchen, Hamburg 2013: Gallery Art350, Istanbul 2013: Historic Town Hall, Limburg an der Lahn 2015: Museum of Contemporary Art - Diether Kunerth, Ottobeuren Current: MoMA in New York, Vancouver Art Gallery, and the Museum of Art in Augsburg[7] Style Bach's neo-expressionist portraits of women mirror the themes of her own life, and many of her works unmistakably resemble the artist. She often depicts colorful female portraits that represent many facets of female life, from fragility to sexuality, sensuality to self-determination. Bach's works of the early 1980s were mostly self-reflective and focused on herself (Night Owl, Sophisticated Lady, Always Me). However, after her marriage and the birth of her two sons, her art became more representative of her new, more private family environment and home-life. Though Elvira Bach largely focuses on painting, she also works on bronze sculptures, ceramics and Murano glass sculptures. In 1978, the Junge Wilde painting style arose in the German-speaking world in opposition to established avant garde, minimal art and conceptual art. It was linked to the similar Transavanguardia movement in Italy, USA (neo-expressionism) and France (Figuration Libre). The Junge Wilde painted their expressive paintings in bright, intense colors and with quick, broad brushstrokes very much influenced by Professor at the Academy of Art in Berlin, Karl Horst Hödicke They were also known as the Neue Wilde. Artists included; Austria: Siegfried Anzinger, Erwin Bohatsch, Herbert Brandl, Gunter Damisch, Hubert Scheibl, Hubert Schmalix, G.L. Gabriel-Thieler Germany: Berlin: Luciano Castelli, Rainer Fetting, Andreas Walther, Helmut Middendorf, Salomé, Bernd Zimmer, Elvira Bach, Peter Robert Keil Cologne: Hans Peter Adamski, Peter Bömmels, Jiri Georg Dokoupil, Volker Tannert, Stefan Szczesny, A. R. Penck. Düsseldorf: Jörg Immendorff, Albert Oehlen, Markus Oehlen, Martin Kippenberger, Markus Lüpertz, Werner Buettner, Horst Gläsker, Peter Angermann
  • Creator:
    Elvira Bach (1951, German)
  • Creation Year:
    1987
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 21.5 in (54.61 cm)Width: 17 in (43.18 cm)
  • Medium:
  • Movement & Style:
  • Period:
  • Condition:
    good. minor wear.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU3827119012
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