Frieda Hunziker artwork • painting • previously for sale Still life with flowers
Frieda Hunziker
Amsterdam 1908-1966
1908-1966
Still life with flowers
oil on canvas 70.2 x 50.4 cm, signed l.l. and dated 7-1946
This painting was previously for sale.
Provenance: Frits Swart, zoon van de kunstenares.
Literature: Hans Sizoo, 'Frieda Hunziker opnieuw in de belangstelling', in: 'Kunstbeeld' 7 (april 1983), afb. pag. 47; Margot Welle, 'Frieda Hunziker', Amstelveen 2000, afb. in kleur pag. 39.
Exhibited: Almelo, Gemeentelijk Expositiecentrum De Waag, 23 april-28 mei 1983; Amstelveen, Cobra Museum voor Moderne Kunst, in bruikleen 1996-ca. 2000, inv.nr. 0928 0000454.
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.
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