Agathe Böttcher
Agathe Böttcher's paintings offer us a lyrical condensation of imagery that is rarely seen. They are, in the truest sense, painted poems, poems that have become images.
curriculum vitae
| 1929 | born in Bautzen |
| 1947-1949 | student of application at the Hochschule für Werkkunst in Dresden |
| 1950-1954 | studied Textile Design at the Universities of Applied Arts in Dresden and Berlin-Weißensee |
| 1954-1957 | artistic aspirant at the Kunsthochschule Berlin-Weißensee |
| 1954-1964 | marriage to the painter and filmmaker Jürgen Böttcher (later Strawalde) acquaintance with Ralph Winkler (later A. R. Penck), Peter Hoffmann, Peter Makolies and Joachim Dieske |
| friendship with Peter Graf | |
| 1958-1979 | lectureship at the Technische Universität (TU) Dresden, department of Architecture, interior design, special subject color |
| 1979 | since then freelance work as an artist |
| lectureship at the TU Dresden, teaching color in interiors | |
| lectureship at the evening school of the Hochschule für Bildende Künste (HfBK) Dresden, topics Color and Collage | |
| 1990 | since then atelier in the farmhouse in Diehmen in Upper Lusatia |
| 1992-1996 | atelier in the Dresdner Künstlerhaus |
| 1994 | scholarship holder at the Künstlerhaus Ahrenshoop |
