Martin Erler passed away unexpectedly in June 2023. He was a member of the CKI for many years and was also the association’s treasurer for many years. As a friend and supporter of the CKI, he played a key role in guiding the fortunes of the association with great commitment.
Deceased artists
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In January 2024, our member Andrea Wagner passed away unexpectedly. She discovered her creativity in recent years in very different ways, especially in enameling, goldsmithing, wood printing and pottery. Silk painting and batik work were also part of her art program many years ago. She had her first experience with […]
Renate Mikolajczyk passed away in October 2023. She was one of the first members of the CKI and together with her husband she played an active role in shaping the association. Her first contacts with the material enamel were in 1965, from that point she developed her artistic activity as […]
Born on 8th of April 1941, Hedi Hentschel completed an education at the artisan training workshop in Duisburg and studied textile design at the Textile Engineering School in Krefeld. She worked as a textile designer in the studio Derichsweiler and Hillers in Krefeld, took numerous courses in weaving techniques and […]
The artist was born in 1928 in her hometown Wassenberg, she was married and had three sons. Since early childhood, music and colours inspired her to be creative. Maria Brosch took her first painting lessons from the city’s well-known architect and painter Paul Wollenweber. She continued her artistic development in […]
Margarethe Svoboda passed away in December 2025. Born in Mercydorf/Banat in 1921, father Mathias Svoboda, mother Margarethe born Schlesinger German elementary and high school, graduation with teacher diploma 2 years art school in Temesvar, department sculpture and drawing, final exam with bust “PUSCHKIN” in 1949 Art school in Cluj-Napoca, 12 […]
Foundress and initial president of the CKI Creativ-Kreis-International Gertrud Rittmann-Fischer, daughter of a goldsmith, was fascinated by the material enamel. In order to promote enamel art and to support the amicable bonds between artists, she and her husband August founded an artists’ circle in the 1960’s and from this the […]