Pomona. Astrid Dannegger. Around 1977. Astrid Dannegger 1940 Müllrose near Frankfurt Oder. Clay, ochre-coloured body, partially incised and set in engobe and green onglaze colour. Portrait of the Roman goddess of tree fruits as a semi-nude. The natural colour of the body is left as incarnate, the applied opulent fruit and foliage as well as the cloth covering the arms are accentuated in anthracite and green. The upper part of the head with a round opening (D. 8,5 cm) for inserting a plant. Unsigned. Cf. a similar design with the same title :Kulturförderverein Schaddelmühle e.V., Frank Brinkmann: Vom Kollegium Bildender Künstler zum Künstlerhaus Schaddelmühle. 1974-2014. history of a vision, Leipzig 2014, p. 27, with ill. Isolated fire cracks, but inconspicuous in the overall picture. Measures: h. 70 cm. Astrid Dannegger 1940 Müllrose near Frankfurt Oder 1956-59 Attended the Workers' and Peasants' Faculty at the HfBK Dresden. 1959 Abitur. 1959-1960 Internship at the stoneware factory in Torgau. 1961-66 Studies at the Berlin-Weißensee Art Academy with Wolfgang Henze and Rudolf Kaiser, specialising in ceramics. From 1966 freelance artist and member of the VBK. 1974-90 Founding member of the College of Visual Artists "Schaddelmühle", since 1978 chairwoman of the college. 1976 prize at the exhibition "Young Artists of the GDR". 1981/82 Working stay in the studio of the State Porcelain Manufactory Meissen. 1991 Relocation to Morgenitz on Usedom, opening of her own workshop and organisation of annual ceramics markets.