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

Description

Several figure studies by German sculptor Ursula Hanke-Forster (1924-2013), executed in her characteristic angular, expressive style. The sketches may be preparatory studies for her sculptural works. Signed and dated to the lower right. Well presented in a black frame. On paper.

Condition

Some discolouration to the paper, as well as a 1 cm tear to the right-hand side and some faint crease lines. Light scuffs to the frame.

Size

42 x 29cm (16.5" x 11.4")
Sheet: 42 x 29cm (16.5" x 11.4")
Framed Size: 57.5 x 47cm (22.6" x 18.5")

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.