Frieda Hunziker artwork • painting • previously for sale Curaçao; on the reverse: Composition
Frieda Hunziker
Amsterdam 1908-1966
1908-1966
Curaçao; on the reverse: Composition
pencil, ink and black chalk on paper 57.5 x 79.2 cm, signed l.r. and executed ca. 1952
Frieda Hunziker was considered a remarkable and progressive artist in the 1950s and 1960s. Initially, she was a drawing teacher until she started painting 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, Hunziker was one of the founders of Vrij Beelden. This group of artists regularly exhibited in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam and took place alongside the Experimentals and Cobra in the pursuit to non-figuration. Hunziker was the only woman in the group and also one of the most active members.