Dora Hitz – Wechselspiele von Weiblichkeit und Raum
by Rahel Schrohe
Paperback (Published)
(November 2024)
ISBN: 9783496017110
6.65 x 9.49 inches
Price: $57.00
In stock
English summary: Women artists fall into oblivion, no matter how influential and style-defining they were in their time. This was also the case with Dora Hitz (1853-1924), who represented modern painting in Berlin around 1900, stylistically and thematically. Rahel Schrohe shows why it is worth rediscovering the artist’s work and opens up a completely new perspective on Hitz: she examines her work with a focus on the relationship between femininity and space. Throughout her life, Hitz was regarded as a painter of women, as she created numerous pictures of mothers with their children and portrayed women in Berlin society. How did Hitz reflect the position of middle-class women around 1900 and the contemporary discourses on femininity in her paintings? And to what extent did she utilise her social possibilities to take a critical look at women’s limited scope for action? German description: Kunstlerinnen geraten in Vergessenheit, ganz gleich wie einflussreich und stilpragend sie zu ihrer Zeit waren. So erging es auch Dora Hitz (1853-1924), die stilistisch wie thematisch die moderne Malerei in Berlin um 1900 vertrat. Rahel Schrohe zeigt, warum es sich lohnt, das Werk der Kunstlerin wieder zu entdecken, und eroffnet dafur eine ganzlich neue Perspektive auf Hitz: Sie untersucht deren Werk mit dem Fokus auf das Verhaltnis von Weiblichkeit und Raum. Zeit ihres Lebens galt Hitz als Malerin der Frau, denn sie schuf zahlreiche Bilder von Muttern mit ihren Kindern und portratierte Frauen der Berliner Gesellschaft. Wie reflektierte Hitz die Position burgerlicher Frauen um 1900 und die zeitgenossischen Diskurse um Weiblichkeit in ihren Bildern? Und inwiefern reizte sie ihre gesellschaftlichen Moglichkeiten aus, um einen kritischen Blick auf die beschrankten Handlungsraume von Frauen zu werfen?
English summary: Women artists fall into oblivion, no matter how influential and style-defining they were in their time. This was also the case with Dora Hitz (1853-1924), who represented modern painting in Berlin around 1900, stylistically and thematically. Rahel Schrohe shows why it is worth rediscovering the artist’s work and opens up a completely new perspective on Hitz: she examines her work with a focus on the relationship between femininity and space. Throughout her life, Hitz was regarded as a painter of women, as she created numerous pictures of mothers with their children and portrayed women in Berlin society. How did Hitz reflect the position of middle-class women around 1900 and the contemporary discourses on femininity in her paintings? And to what extent did she utilise her social possibilities to take a critical look at women’s limited scope for action? German description: Kunstlerinnen geraten in Vergessenheit, ganz gleich wie einflussreich und stilpragend sie zu ihrer Zeit waren. So erging es auch Dora Hitz (1853-1924), die stilistisch wie thematisch die moderne Malerei in Berlin um 1900 vertrat. Rahel Schrohe zeigt, warum es sich lohnt, das Werk der Kunstlerin wieder zu entdecken, und eroffnet dafur eine ganzlich neue Perspektive auf Hitz: Sie untersucht deren Werk mit dem Fokus auf das Verhaltnis von Weiblichkeit und Raum. Zeit ihres Lebens galt Hitz als Malerin der Frau, denn sie schuf zahlreiche Bilder von Muttern mit ihren Kindern und portratierte Frauen der Berliner Gesellschaft. Wie reflektierte Hitz die Position burgerlicher Frauen um 1900 und die zeitgenossischen Diskurse um Weiblichkeit in ihren Bildern? Und inwiefern reizte sie ihre gesellschaftlichen Moglichkeiten aus, um einen kritischen Blick auf die beschrankten Handlungsraume von Frauen zu werfen?
- By (author) Rahel Schrohe
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