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Gabriele Munter: Since she was female, she was not allowed to attend the art academies. Therefore, she had to take lessons from private art tutors. This is how she met Wassily Kandinsky. They met in 1902 at an evening life-drawing class that she enrolled in at Phalanx School, Munich. Kandinsky was the instructor. Many claim that he was the major influence in Munter’s work. It was from him that Munter was always seeking reassurance in her work since society didn’t. She was inspired as a painter since this was her first taste of artisitic instrucion and encouragement. Munter assisted at the founding of the New Artists’ Association and the Blue Rider Group and traveled extensively with Kandinsky. She bought a retreat in Murnau were she began to flourish as a painter. In Murnau, she began to study and collect Hinterglasmalerei folk art. This folk art is known as reverse-glass painting. She painted a series of art works that reflected the Hinterglasmalerei folk art influence. Her paintings had large areas of vibrant colors that were thinned to show tone and value. Also, different colors were outlined in a black contour line, much like a stained glass technique. Munter stated, "I took a major leap from painting after nature, more or less impressionistically, to the feeling of a content to abstracting to the presentation of an extract." |
Portrait of a Young Woman (Young Polish Woman), 1909, oil on canvas, 27 3/4 by 20 5/8 inches. Milwaukee Art Museum |
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