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Maria Herrmann-Kaufmann
Born(1921-01-19)19 January 1921
Escholzmatt, Switzerland
Died16 January 2008(2008-01-16) (aged 86)
Emmenbrücke, Switzerland
NationalitySwiss
Known forPainting

Maria Herrmann-Kaufmann (19 January 1921 - 16 January 2008 ) was a Swiss painter.[1]

Life

Maria Herrmann-Kaufmann was born and raised in Escholzmatt in Entlebuch. Her second home was Emmenbrücke, a suburb of Lucerne. She created the bulk of her works in her studio in the Quartier Sprengi.

Herrmann-Kaufmann received her training at the School of Design, Lucerne and the Académie de la Grande Chaumière, Paris. She studied with Ronald Kocher, Otto Kuhn, Alfred Sidler, Fred Stauffer (Bern) and Adolf Weber (Menziken).

After 1956, she exhibited her works in numerous individual and group exhibitions in Bern, Lucerne, Emmenbrücke, Zug, Buchrain, Kriens, Flühli-Sörenberg, Schüpfheim, Porrentruy, Mendrisio, Escholzmatt and Osnabrück.

Her artworks are signed with the initials MHK. A large part of her works is in private or public ownership. The artistic estate is managed by a foundation.

She died on 16 January 2008 at the ALP ancillary center in Emmenbrücke.

References

  1. ^ "Herrmann Kaufmann, Maria". SIKART Encyclopaedia of Art in Switzerland. Retrieved 7 September 2017.