biografía de Meret OPPENHEIM (1913-1985)

Personal data


Birth : 10/06/1913 - Berlin, Germany
Death : 11/15/1985 - Basel BS, Switzerland
Sex : F
Nationality/Affiliation : Germany - Switzerland

Education

1929 – 1930 : Kunstgewerbeschule – Basel BS, Switzerland

Professional data


Work and Life

1937:Moves to Basel, Switzerland
1933:Meets the Surrealists through Alberto Giacometti and Hans Arp
1932:Moves to Paris, France

Work


Categorie and medium


Painting :
Sculpture-Volume : Object
Drawing-Watercolor :

Movements and styles

Surrealism

Works

Sonnenköpfchen
Date of creation : 1977-1978
Medium : Bronze
Size : 5 x 5 x 1 cm
Number of elements : 100
 
Mein Kindermädchen
Date of creation : 1936
Medium : Object
 
Le Déjeuner en Fourrure
Date of creation : 1936
Medium : Object
 
Sitzende Figur mit verschränkten Fingern
Date of creation : 1933
Medium : Oil/board
Size : 33 x 26 cm
 

Solo Exhibitions (Selected)


Solo exhibitions

2001

Galerie de France – Paris, France
09/07/2001 – 10/24/2001

1985

Beatrix Wilhelm Gallery – Stuttgart, Germany
1985

Galerie Levy – Hamburg, Germany
1985

1984

Nantenshi Gallery – Tokyo, Japan
1984

Kunsthalle – Bern BE, Switzerland
1984

1980

Marian Goodman Gallery – New York NY, United States
1980

1978

Gallery Eugenia Cucalon – New York NY, United States
1978

1975

Kunstmuseum Winterthur – Winterthur ZH, Switzerland
1975

1974

Galerie Renée Ziegler – Zürich ZH, Switzerland
1974

1971

Galerie Bonner – Geneva GE, Switzerland
1971

1969

Galeria La Medusa – Rome, Italy
1969

1967

Moderna Museet – Stockholm, Sweden
1967

1959

Galerie Riehentor – Basel BS, Switzerland
1959

1956

Galerie de l’Etoile scellée – Paris, France
1956

1936

Galerie Schulthess – Basel BS, Switzerland
1936

Group Exhibitions (Selected)


Art shows / fairs

2004

Art 35 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/16/2004 – 06/21/2004
Represented by : Galerie de France – 52, rue de la Verrerie – Paris, France

2003

Art Cologne, n° 37
Cologne, Germany
10/29/2003 – 11/02/2003
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

Art 34 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/18/2003 – 06/23/2003
Represented by : Galerie de France – 52, rue de la Verrerie – Paris, France

2002

Art Basel Miami Beach
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/05/2002 – 12/08/2002
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

FIAC, n°29
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/24/2002 – 10/28/2002
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

Art 33 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/12/2002 – 06/17/2002
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

ArtBrussels – 20th Contemporary Art Fair
Brussels Expo – Brussels, Belgium
05/02/2002 – 05/06/2002
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

The Armory Show 2002
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/22/2002 – 02/25/2002
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

2001

Art Basel Miami Beach: cancelled
Miami Beach Convention Center – Miami Beach FL, United States
12/13/2001 – 12/16/2001
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

FIAC, n°28
Paris Expo – Porte de Versailles – Paris, France
10/10/2001 – 10/15/2001
Represented by : Galerie Levy – Osterfeldstr.6 – Hamburg, Germany

Art Forum Berlin, n° 6
Messegelände Berlin / Exhibition Grounds Berlin – Berlin, Germany
10/03/2001 – 10/07/2001
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

Art 32 Basel
Messe Basel – Basel BS, Switzerland
06/13/2001 – 06/18/2001
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

KUNSTKÖLN 2001 – Internationale Messe für Editionen, Art Brut, Kunst nach 1980
Rheinhallen – Cologne, Germany
03/29/2001 – 04/01/2001
Represented by : Walter Bischoff Galerie – Schreiberstr. 22 – Stuttgart, Germany

Art Innsbruck, n° 5
Innsbruck, Austria
03/08/2001 – 03/11/2001
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

The Armory Show 2001
Piers 88 & 90 – New York NY, United States
02/23/2001 – 02/26/2001
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

1999

Art Cologne, n° 33
Cologne, Germany
11/07/1999 – 11/14/1999
Represented by : Galerie Krinzinger – Seilerstätte 16 – Vienna, Austria

1998

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo, n°17
Parque Ferial Juan Carlos I – Madrid, Spain
1998
Represented by : Levy – C Lopez de Hoyos, 38 – Madrid, Spain

1990

ARCO – Feria Internacional de Arte Contemporáneo
Madrid, Spain
02/08/1990 – 02/13/1990
Represented by : Galerie Serge Ziegler – Limattstrasse 275 – Zürich ZH, Switzerland

1933

Salon des Surindépendants
Paris, France
1933


Group exhibitions

2004

Systèmes de l’art concret
Château de Mouans Sartoux – Mouans-Sartoux, France
06/27/2004 – 10/10/2004

2003

Exposition vente, André Breton, 42 rue Fontaine
Calmels Cohen – Drouot Richelieu – Paris, France
04/01/2003 – 04/18/2003

2002

Surrealismus
Kunstsammlung Nordrhein-Westfalen (NRW) – Düsseldorf, Germany
07/20/2002 – 11/24/2002

1982

Documenta 7
Museum Fridericianum, Neue Galerie, Orangerie, Auepark – Kassel, Germany
06/19/1982 – 09/28/1982

Bibliography (Selected)


On the artist


Books

2001

Women Artists in the 20th and 21st century
Publisher: Taschen – Hohenzollernring 53 – Cologne, Germany
Author: Grosenick Uta – Cologne, Germany
2001
ISBN : 3822858544

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