Christa Dichgans
Illustration — Christa Dichgans Christa Dichgans (1940-2018) was a German painter, associated with the Pop Art movement.
Christa Dichgans
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- Born
- 1940 · Berlin.
- Died
- 2018 · Berlin.
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Movements
- pop art
- Honours
- Villa Romana Prize
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Christa Dichgans Christa Dichgans (1940-2018) was a German painter, associated with the Pop Art movement.
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The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are New York City and Berlin. Work by Christa Dichgans is recorded in the collections of Städel Museum, Berlinische Galerie, Neue Nationalgalerie and Museum Ludwig. Distinctions recorded are Villa Romana Prize.
Dichgans was born in Berlin, Germany in 1940 and studied painting at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin and the German National Academic Foundation (Studienstiftung des Deutschen Volkes). In 1966 she received a scholarship from the German National Academic Foundation and moved to New York City, returning to Europe to live in Rome the following year. From 1972 on she lived in Berlin and La Haute Carpénée in the south of France. Between 1984 and 1988, she worked as assistant to Georg Baselitz at the Hochschule der Künste, Berlin. Dichgans died in 2018 in Berlin.
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1940
Christa Dichgans was born in 1940 at Berlin.
2018
Christa Dichgans died in 2018 at Berlin.
Public collections
Her work is held in a number of public collections including: • Berlinische Galerie • Kirchliches Museen Würzburg • Kunstmuseum Bonn • Kunstverein Schloß Wertingen • Neue Nationalgalerie. Berlin • Sammlung des Deutschen Bundestages, Berlin • Städtische Galerie Viersen
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Christa Dichgans received Villa Romana Prize. Recorded as having received Villa Romana Prize.
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Work by Christa Dichgans is
Städel Museum, Berlinische Galerie, Neue Nationalgalerie and Museum Ludwig
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