Charlotte posenenske biography
Charlotte Posenenske, née Mayer (–) was a....
Charlotte Posenenske
German artist
Charlotte Posenenske, née Mayer () was a German artist associated with the minimalist movement who predominantly worked in sculpture, but also produced paintings and works on paper.
Posenenske created series of sculptures that explored systems and structures derived from mass production and standardization.
Background
Posenenske was born in Wiesbaden, Germany.
Charlotte Posenenske, née Mayer (–) was a German artist associated with the minimalist movement who predominantly worked in sculpture.
Her father was Jewish. Due to the persecution of Jews in Nazi Germany, he killed himself when Posenenske was aged nine. Two years after this, Charlotte Posenenske went in to hiding to avoid persecution[1][2] Before becoming a painter and sculptor, Posensenske worked several years as a set and costume designer.
Posenenske studied painting with Willi Baumeister in the early s at the State Academy of Fine Arts Stuttgart. She began creating her own artworks in
Career
Posenenske worked in a variety of mediums, her practice becoming more abstract through the