Eva Schulze-Knabe
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Eva Schulze-Knabe was a German
painter
and graphic artist, as well as a resistance fighter against the Third Reich.
Born in Pirna
, Saxony
, Eva Schulze-Knabe studied from 1924 to 1926 in Leipzig
and from 1928 to 1932 at the Dresden Art Academy. From 1929 she was a member of the artist
s' group ASSO, and from 1931 she was a member of the Communist Party of Germany
(KPD). The same year, she married the artist Fritz Schulze.
She was arrested in 1933 and 1934 and confined to Hohnstein concentration camp, and in 1941 and 1942, she was tried before the Volksgerichtshof at Münchner Platz in Dresden, where she was sentenced to life in labour prison (Zuchthaus).
After being freed from Waldheim labour prison in 1945 she lived as a freelancer
in Dresden and received in 1959 Dresden's Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize. Moreover, she oversaw the painting and drawing
circle founded in 1848 at the Sachsenwerk (a factory
) in Niedersedlitz (part of Dresden). The Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands (Democratic Women's Association of Germany, an East German organization), Group 540, bore her name.
She died in Dresden
in 1976.
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
painter
Painting
Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
and graphic artist, as well as a resistance fighter against the Third Reich.
Born in Pirna
Pirna
Pirna is a town in the Free State of Saxony, Germany, capital of the administrative district Sächsische Schweiz-Osterzgebirge. The town's population is over 40,000. Pirna is located near Dresden and is an important district town as well as a Große Kreisstadt...
, Saxony
Saxony
The Free State of Saxony is a landlocked state of Germany, contingent with Brandenburg, Saxony Anhalt, Thuringia, Bavaria, the Czech Republic and Poland. It is the tenth-largest German state in area, with of Germany's sixteen states....
, Eva Schulze-Knabe studied from 1924 to 1926 in Leipzig
Leipzig
Leipzig Leipzig has always been a trade city, situated during the time of the Holy Roman Empire at the intersection of the Via Regia and Via Imperii, two important trade routes. At one time, Leipzig was one of the major European centres of learning and culture in fields such as music and publishing...
and from 1928 to 1932 at the Dresden Art Academy. From 1929 she was a member of the artist
Artist
An artist is a person engaged in one or more of any of a broad spectrum of activities related to creating art, practicing the arts and/or demonstrating an art. The common usage in both everyday speech and academic discourse is a practitioner in the visual arts only...
s' group ASSO, and from 1931 she was a member of the Communist Party of Germany
Communist Party of Germany
The Communist Party of Germany was a major political party in Germany between 1918 and 1933, and a minor party in West Germany in the postwar period until it was banned in 1956...
(KPD). The same year, she married the artist Fritz Schulze.
She was arrested in 1933 and 1934 and confined to Hohnstein concentration camp, and in 1941 and 1942, she was tried before the Volksgerichtshof at Münchner Platz in Dresden, where she was sentenced to life in labour prison (Zuchthaus).
After being freed from Waldheim labour prison in 1945 she lived as a freelancer
Freelancer
A freelancer, freelance worker, or freelance is somebody who is self-employed and is not committed to a particular employer long term. These workers are often represented by a company or an agency that resells their labor and that of others to its clients with or without project management and...
in Dresden and received in 1959 Dresden's Martin Andersen Nexö Art Prize. Moreover, she oversaw the painting and drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
circle founded in 1848 at the Sachsenwerk (a factory
Factory
A factory or manufacturing plant is an industrial building where laborers manufacture goods or supervise machines processing one product into another. Most modern factories have large warehouses or warehouse-like facilities that contain heavy equipment used for assembly line production...
) in Niedersedlitz (part of Dresden). The Demokratischer Frauenbund Deutschlands (Democratic Women's Association of Germany, an East German organization), Group 540, bore her name.
She died in Dresden
Dresden
Dresden is the capital city of the Free State of Saxony in Germany. It is situated in a valley on the River Elbe, near the Czech border. The Dresden conurbation is part of the Saxon Triangle metropolitan area....
in 1976.