Her first contacts with the material enamel were in 1965, from that point she developed her artistic activity as an autodidact. This was followed by continuous further training in seminars with recognized German and international enamel artists and lecturers of the CKI. As examples, of course without claim to completeness, […]
Deceased artists
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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 […]
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 […]