Ursula Hanke-Förster (1924-2013) - 1961 Pen and Ink Drawing Figure Studies

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Description

Several stylised figure studies by German sculptor Ursula Hanke-Forster (1924-2013), executed in her characteristic angular, expressive style. Signed and dated to the lower right. On paper.

Condition

The condition is good for a picture of this age. Minor wear to the frame.

Size

28.5 x 26cm (11.2" x 10.2")
Framed Size: 41 x 35cm (16.1" x 13.8")

Collection Information

I'm constantly striving to find a synthesis between nature and abstraction. I dismantle and abstract the body, from which a new canon of forms emerges. - Ursula Hanke-Förster

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Artist Biography

Ursula Hanke-Förster (1924–2013) was a German sculptor. She began her artistic journey with an apprenticeship in the graphic arts, earning a journeyman's certificate. She also took evening classes in nude and portrait drawing with Max Kaus at the School of Arts and Crafts in Berlin. From 1945 to 1952, Hanke-Förster studied at the School of Arts and Crafts and the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts. Beginning in 1952, she worked as a freelance artist, maintaining a studio in Berlin. In 1954, she was awarded the Berlin Art Prize by the city of Berlin. She married painter and graphic artist Günter Hanke in 1962. In 2007, Hanke-Förster bequeathed her paintings and sculptures to the Berlin University of the Arts and its circle of friends. She also established a foundation that has supported sculpture students at the university since 2009.

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SKU sv002
Artist Ursula Hanke-Förster (1924-2013)
Date 1961
Dimensions 28.5 x 26.0cm
Medium Pen and Ink
Style Sketch
Subject Life Drawing
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