GABRIELE MUNTER 1/4 – She was a German expressionist painter (most well known for her landscapes), born to upper middle class parents in Berlin, and began to draw as a child. Gabriele took classes at the Woman’s Artist School, since she was not allowed to enroll in the German Academies, because she was a woman. GABRIELE MUNTER 2/4 – Living in America and Europe had given Münter social exposure that many women did not have at the time. She was familiar with many of the more famous artists of the time. Kandinsky was the first teacher that had actually taken Münter’s painting abilities seriously, and their relationship became more personal than professional. GABRIELE MUNTER 3/4 – Munter and Kandinsky they spent a great deal of time together, traveling through Europe, including the Netherlands, Italy, and France, as well as North Africa. In Paris, she began to perfect her woodcut technique, which became faster and more accurate. She and Kandinsky ended their relationship about 1916. GABRIELE MUNTER 4/4 – In her later work she used a more subdued palette and often painted portraits of women. Painting, she used a number of blues, greens, yellows and pinks that were very unusual. Gabriele Munter noted that pictures are all moments of life: instantaneous visual experiences, inside paintings with their own identity, shape and function. You can see more on Meeting Benches, looking for: GABRIELE MUNTER (1877/1962), GERMAN PAINTER – Sharing a common desire to express spiritual truths through art
