Date of birth:
1923
Date of death:
2007

Gerda Henning

The narrative

The conscious intentions of a so-called artist are important for himself, but irrelevant for the general public.
I still paint with brushes, paint and canvas and I still draw.
In view of the increasing changes in our environment into the Inhumane, I have no time to experiment.
I am interested in strong color in connection with plasticity and geometrically ordered surface space.
I am interested in capturing horror in silence and tastelessness in jokes.
I am interested in putting in tension, binding together, penetrating organic and technical, sentiment and irony, naivety and reflection, real and absurd, naturalism and abstraction.
I am not interested in originality, but in the fact that my formulations are succinct and at the same time complex - as obvious relations of our time.

Selected works

Technique:
Oil on Canvas

Female figure
Technique:
Oil on Canvas

Figure with red ball
Date of creation or signature of the work:
80's
Technique:
Wax crayon on thin cardboard

Yellow - Black
Date of creation or signature of the work:
50's
Technique:
Gouache on Paper

Two women on the beach
Technique:
Oil on Canvas

Abstract
Date of creation or signature of the work:
1964
Technique:
Oil on Canvas

Abstract, Blue-Green
Date of creation or signature of the work:
70er. Jahre
Technique:
Oil on Canvas

B6 with bicycle
Date of creation or signature of the work:
1969
Technique:
Oil on Canvas

The Black Boat
Date of creation or signature of the work:
50's
Technique:
Oil on cardboard

The flautist
Date of creation or signature of the work:
1981-1982
Technique:
Wax crayon on thick paper

Light blue