Hedwig Thun
Illustration — Hedwig Thun Hedwig Thun (1892 – 1969) was a German painter and writer. She studied at the Bauhaus Dessau where her teachers included Wassily Kandinsky. In 2022 her work was the subject of a retrospective in Kunstforum Hermann Stenner entitled Hedwig Thun-Vom Bauhaus zum Informel.
Hedwig Thun
- Born
- 1892 · Detmold.
- Died
- 1969 · Detmold.
- Nationality
- West Germany
- Occupation
- painter
- Education
- Bauhaus
- Languages
- German
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Hedwig Thun (23 October 1892 – 26 August 1969) was an artist and painter.
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The birth of Hedwig Thun is recorded on 23 October 1892 in Detmold, and the death on 26 August 1969 in Detmold.
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Born at Detmold in 1892, died in Detmold in 1969.
Hedwig Thun studied at Bauhaus. The recorded working language is German.
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- 1.Unvergessen. Fresko Magazin.
- 2.Die Künstlerin Hedwig Thun – eine Wiederentdeckung. WDR TV. 26 April 2022.
- 3.Jakubeit, Maja. Hedwig Thun Vom Bauhaus zum Informel. Eine Wiederentdeckung. 2022. 978-3777438849.
- 4.Action, Gesture, Paint. Whitechapel Gallery.
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