Gerta Overbeck
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| Born | January 16, 1898 Dortmund, Germany |
| Died | March 2, 1977 (aged 79) Lünen, Germany |
| Known for | Painting |
| Movement | New Objectivity |
Gerta Overbeck (1898-1977) was a German painter known for her participation in Neue Sachlichkeit (New Objectivity) .
Overbeck was born on January 16, 1898[1] in Dortmund, Germany.[2] She studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Düsseldorf and later at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Hannover where one of her teachers was Fritz Burger-Mühlfeld. Overbeck co-published the journal Wachsbogen with her friend and colleague Grethe Jürgens from 1931 to 1932.[3]
In 1937 she married fellow artist Gustav Schenk (Schriftsteller) (1905–1969) with whom she had a child. The couple divorced in 1940.[4]
Overbeck died on March 2, 1977[1] in Lünen, Germany.[4]
Her work was included in the 1997 exhibition The New Objectivity: Realism in Weimar-Era Germany at the Galerie St. Etienne in New York City,[5] as well as the 2023 exhibition Look at the People! at the Kunstmuseum Stuttgart,[6] as well as the 2024 exhibition Splendor and Misery. New Objectivity in Germany at the Leopold Museum.[7]
Her work is in the collection of the Museum der Stadt Lünen and the Museum für Kunst und Kulturgeschichte Dortmund.[4]
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Overbeck, Gerta". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Gerta Overbeck-Schenk". RKD Research. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Gerta Overbeck". Fembio. Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- 1 2 3 "Gerta Overbeck". frauen/ruhr/geschichte (in German). Retrieved 7 August 2026.
- ↑ Glueck, Grace (17 October 1997). "Art in Review". The New York Times. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Look at the People!". Kunstmuseum Stuttgart. 2 December 2023. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
- ↑ "Vienna, at the Leopold Museum the first comprehensive exhibition on the German New Objectivity in Austria". Finestre sull'Arte. Retrieved 6 August 2026.
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