Frieda Hunziker artwork • painting • previously for sale Masts and sails
Frieda Hunziker
Amsterdam 1908-1966
1908-1966
Masts and sails
oil on canvas 90.3 x 60.5 cm, signed o.l. and dated 9/47
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: P. Woortman, Amsterdam; part. coll. Rotterdam.
Literature: P.W.J. Steinz (inl.), 'Frieda Hunziker', Amsterdam 1967, pag. 6, cat.nr. 5 (met afb. op pag. 7); Jonneke Jobse, 'De schilderkunst in een kritiek stadium? Critici in debat over realisme en abstractie in een tijd van wederopbouw en Koude Oorlog (1945-1960)', Rotterdam 2014, afb. in kleur pag. 67; Inge Bobbink e.a., ‘Wild van water: De kunst van genieten’, Zwolle 2016, afb. in kleur pag. 143.
Exhibited: Amsterdam, Museum Fodor, 'Herinneringen aan Frieda Hunziker', 27 april-11 juni 1967; Enkhuizen, Zuiderzeemuseum, ‘Wild van water: De kunst van genieten’, 26 mei-6 aug. 2016.
Noted for her distinctive and pioneering work in the 1950s and 60s, Frieda Hunziker started out as a teacher but began producing her own work in the 1930s. Her early pictures are characteristically pared down and realistic, but by 1948 had evolved towards complete abstraction. In the year previous she was among the founders of the artists' group Vrij Beelden, whose work was regularly shown in the Stedelijk Museum in Amsterdam. The only woman in the group, she was also one of its most active members.
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