Hedwig Scherrer

Swiss painter (1878–1940)

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Hedwig Scherrer (11 March 1878, in Sulgen – 8 May 1940, in Zürich) was a Swiss painter, illustrator, and caricaturist, best remembered for her graphic art for the Wandervogel, and her miniature, art nouveau, and expressionist style paintings. One of the first academically trained female artists in Switzerland, studying under Emil Nolde, her works have been exhibited at the Kunstmuseum St. Gallen and various public installations in St. Gallen.^[1]^[2]^[3]^[4]^[5]^[6]^[7]

References

^ Zünd, Peter (2003). Die Malerin und Menschenfreundin Hedwig Scherrer im Spiegel ihrer Korrespondenz (in German). Montlingen St. Gallen: Hedwig-Scherrer-Stiftung. ISBN 3-9522905-0-5.
^ Stickerei-Zeit: Kultur und Kunst in St. Gallen 1870 - 1930; Kunstmuseum St. Gallen, 1. April - 6. August 1989 (in German) (2nd ed.). St. Gallen: VGS-Verl.-Gemeinschaft. 1990. pp. 214–218. ISBN 3-7291-1052-7.
^ Sigrist, Christoph (2002). Unerzähltes Leben in St. Gallen: Psalmenpredigten von in Vergessenheit geratenen Lebensgeschichten in St. Gallen (in German). St. Gallen. pp. 50–53. ISBN 3-908151-23-6.{{cite book}}: CS1 maint: location missing publisher (link)
^ Spirig, Jolanda (2003). Blütenweiss bis rabenschwarz: St. Galler Frauen--200 Porträts (in German). Zürich: Limmat. pp. 337–339. ISBN 3-85791-444-0.
^ Rheintaler Köpfe: historisch-biografische Porträts aus fünf Jahrhunderten (in German). Berneck: Verein für die Geschichte des Rheintals. 2004. pp. 309–315. ISBN 3-033-00265-X.
^ Eigenwillig: Künstlerinnen am Bodensee 1900 bis 1950 ; [anlässlich der Ausstellung "Eigenwillig. Künstlerinnen am Bodensee 1900 bis 1950" in der Städtischen Wessenberg-Galerie Konstanz (16. April - 21. August 2005)] (in German). Konstanz: Städt. Wessenberg-Galerie. 2005. pp. 76–77. ISBN 3-929768-18-6.
^ Breuer, Gerda (2012). Women in graphic design 1890-2012 =: Frauen und Grafik-Design. Berlin: Jovis. p. 546. ISBN 978-3-86859-153-8.