The idiosyncratic fantasies of Bele Bachem : the life and work of Germany's forgotten postwar artist
Identifier
etd-04112013-152716
Degree
Master of Arts (MA)
Department
Art
Document Type
Thesis
Abstract
This thesis constitutes the first comprehensive analysis written in English on the life and work of German-born, post-World War II artist, Bele Bachem. By translating and critically analyzing her diverse oeuvre, which spanned both fields of "applied" and "fine" arts, this thesis examines the three stages of the artist’s career: Bachem’s "Poetic Miniatures" and theater set design under the Third Reich (1938-1945), her postwar commercial work after West Germany’s Wirtschaftswunder for Rosenthal Porcelain (1949-1966), and her mature style of narrative fantasy paintings and female portraits completed in the Schwabing bohemian district of Munich (1957-1986). With this thesis, I aim to provide exposure as well as accessibility to a wider audience for this "forgotten" artist who emerged as one of the most famous women of postwar West Germany in the 1950s, but whose diverse and illustrious artistic legacy is fading with the disappearing postwar generation.
Date
2013
Document Availability at the Time of Submission
Release the entire work immediately for access worldwide.
Recommended Citation
Dorsey, Lydia Jane, "The idiosyncratic fantasies of Bele Bachem : the life and work of Germany's forgotten postwar artist" (2013). LSU Master's Theses. 492.
https://repository.lsu.edu/gradschool_theses/492
Committee Chair
Spieth, Darius A.
DOI
10.31390/gradschool_theses.492