Christa von Schnitzler

Christa von Schnitzler (12 July 1922 – 28 June 2003) was a German sculptor.

Early life and education Christa von Schnitzler was born in Cologne in 1922. She was a daughter of the banker Werner Arthur von Schnitzler and his wife Eleonore Elise Emma, born von Görschen. She lived alternately in France, Germany and England between 1928 and 1939, and then in Frankfurt am Main from 1941 to 1947.

She was accepted into sculpture class at the Städelschule and followed Stadler in 1947 to the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich, where she completed her studies in sculpture in 1952. For this reason Schnitzler is considered to be the product of the School of Munich.

In 1953 von Schnitzler married , who from 1948 also studied in the sculpture class with Stradler. and the in Munich.

In 1984, von Schnitzler met the artist Gisela Nietmann, with whom she then worked in a joint studio in Frankfurt am Main.

Solo exhibitions (selection)

1958: Kölnischer Kunstverein

Awards

1965: Burda Prize 1996: Honorary Prize of the Merian Prize, Museum Wiesbaden 2003: Goethe Plaque of the City of Frankfurt (posthumous)