985 - Grete Krämer-Zschäbitz, three depictions of nature, bird of paradise, landscape and blossoming trees

Grete Krämer-Zschäbitz, three depictions of nature, bird of paradise, landscape and blossoming trees (1904 Braunschweig – 2000 Braunschweig), three pastels, pastel on paper, good condition commensurate with age, each behind glass, framed, 1) bird of paradise, monogrammed and dated (19)85 lower left, the bird with blue and white plumage sitting on a branch before dense foliage, image 25x19.5 cm (HxW), passe-partout, overall 31.5x25.5 cm (HxW), 2) landscape with trees, monogrammed and dated (19)90 lower left, signed on the passe-partout, view into an abstracted landscape in green, blue and violet, passe-partout with water stain, frame rusty, image 23.5x19.5 cm (HxW), passe-partout, overall 30.5x24.5 cm (HxW), 3) trees in close-up, signed lower left, dated 1992 lower right, sketchily captured view into nature, a tree in pink and yellow before a green landscape, sheet wavy, image 29x20.5 cm (HxW), overall 31.5x22.5 cm (HxW) Grete Krämer-Zschäbitz was born in Braunschweig in 1904 and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Braunschweig and in the sculpture class of the Dresden Art Academy. She worked in Braunschweig, Selb and Dresden as a sculptor, ceramicist and mosaicist. Her oeuvre comprises works in clay and soapstone, models for bronze casting, portraits, mosaics, glass windows and ecclesiastical art. Birds of paradise form a family of 42 songbird species from the rainforests of New Guinea, the Moluccas and northern Australia, whose males bear glossy, colourful plumage with long ornamental feathers.