Meintest du essen?
Else Meidner
Meidner Numbered correspondence from Else Meidner to J.P.
[Transcription/translation] Beethoven’s Symphony No 9 in D Minor I stand as though on a sandbank In an ocean of melodies Of otherworldly beauty And magical power! The waves rush ever closer, Foaming with force and bravura, And the ether is richly suffused With a wealth of oral harmonies. The deluge rises, engulfs me, I cannot breathe, my heart is filled With blessed joy and desire profound! Fanfares ring out, drumrolls resound! Is the hour of the Last Judgement come? But the waves gently recede, Ebbing further and further away, Just a few sweet melodic crests Quietly, quietly ebb and flow …
Meidner Correspondence from Else Meidner to J.P.
‘Everything Else Has Failed! Don’t You Think It’s Time For Love?
Artist questionnaire completed by Else Meidner with details of her life and career – Full name: Date and Place of Birth: Art Schools visited: Dates, Names of Teachers: Else
Hodin Working papers relating to artistic, cultural and historic figures Else
Hodin’s writings on the German artist Else Meidner (1901-87).
Hodin Else Meidner, recipient: Dr J. P.
[Transcription/translation] 23 November 1932 Dear Frau Meidner, It was with great sympathy that I read your letter. Yes – the young women of today have it far harder than I had it in my day, when we were still able to take on outside help so that I could keep working. It was only when the children got ill that the work really had to wait. Still, I would try to send something in for the state prize. It’s clear that your prospects are not great because there are so many submissions and the jurors tend to consider their own …
Meidner Correspondence from Else Meidner to J.P.
Hodin’s writings on the German artist Else Meidner (1901-87).
Hodin Else Meidner, recipient: Dr J. P.
Hodin’s writings on the German artist Else Meidner (1901-87).
Hodin Else Meidner, recipient: Dr J. P.
[Transcription/translation] But why should a lady painter be modest? Could you please tell me why?
Meidner Correspondence from Else Meidner to J.P.
[Transcription/translation] 24 November 1968 My dear Dr Hodin, Firstly, congratulations on the publication of your Kokoschka book! Secondly, I have received an official invitation from the municipal authorities in Darmstadt. They have asked me to exhibit some forty drawings in the town hall there. Thirdly, you said that if I were to exhibit in Darmstadt, you would write about it. Does this offer still stand? Fourthly, looking after myself has become very difficult for me. I have certain demands and expectations that no nurse could meet. I am in constant pain and I can barely walk. That’s why I can …
Meidner Numbered correspondence from Else Meidner to J.P.
