Frieda Hunziker artwork • painting • previously for sale Animals III
Frieda Hunziker
Amsterdam 1908-1966
1908-1966
Animals III
oil on canvas 99.8 x 124.4 cm, signed on stretcher and executed ca. 1955
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Frits Swart, zoon van de kunstenaar.
Literature: tent.cat. Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Tentoonstelling Liga Nieuw Beelden', 1956, cat.nr. 54; tent.cat. Amsterdam, Museum Fodor, 'Herinneringen aan Frieda Hunziker', 1967, cat.nr. 18; tent.cat. Amstelveen, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, 'Doorbraak van de Moderne Kunst: Vrij Beelden '46-'50 CoBrA '48-'51 Creatie '50-'55. Vernieuwingen in Nederland na 1945', 1996, afb. in kleur pag. 57; Margot Welle, 'Frieda Hunziker', Amstelveen 2000, afb. in kleur pag. 48.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Stedelijk Museum, 'Tentoonstelling Liga Nieuw Beelden', nov.-dec. 1956; Amsterdam, Museum Fodor, 'Herinneringen aan Frieda Hunziker, 27 april-11 juni 1967; Amstelveen, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, 'Doorbraak van de Moderne Kunst: Vrij Beelden '46-'50 CoBrA '48-'51 Creatie '50-'55. Vernieuwingen in Nederland na 1945', 14 juni-1 sept. 1996; Amstelveen, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, in bruikleen 1996-ca. 2000, inv.nr. 0928 0000239; Schiedam, Stedelijk Museum Schiedam, 'Frieda Hunziker. Een vlucht naar Curaçao', 29 april-3 sept. 2023.
In the 1950s and 1960s, Frieda Hunziker was considered a remarkable and progressive artist. Initially, she was a drawing teacher until she started working freely herself in the 1930s. Her early work is characterized by a simplified, realistic style. In 1948 she came to complete abstraction. The year before, she was one of the founders of Vrij Beelden. This group of artists exhibited regularly at the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and took a full place in the pursuit of non-figuration alongside the Experimentalists and Cobra. Hunziker was the only woman in the group and also one of the most active members.
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