Else Reckort

Born 1911 in Soest, Died 1995 in Freiburg

Artist’s Career

1958 – 1963 Trained at the Free Art School Freiburg under Hermann Anselment and Erich Hauser

1963 – 1965 took over and directed the Free Art School

1971 – 1995 Member of the Professional Association of Fine Arts and GEDOC,
Lectures for adult education at the VHS Freiburg,
Long stays in Paris and Provence with lively contacts
with the local artist scene,
acquaintance with Pablo Picasso, Fernand Leger and George Braque.

From 1958
Turns to Abstract Expressionism,
the magical light of Provence now becomes the goal of her painting

1960 -1982 Creation of the painting cycle Lumière Mystique
In addition to numerous oil paintings she worked  in the style of
Henri Matisse in the painting techniques gouache decoupée and pochoir:

Gallery exhibitions in Essen, Hamburg, Heidelberg, among others.
Exhibitions at the Freie Kunstschule Freiburg (1960),
Augustiner Museum Freiburg (1965),
Schwarzes Kloster Gallery, Freiburg (1965),

Volksbank Freiburg (1984)