1. Mary Hildegard Ruth Bauermeister was a German artist who worked in sculpture, drawing, installation, performance, and music.
10 Facts About Mary Bauermeister
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Mary Bauermeister was born in Frankfurt am Main, the second of five children, to Wolf Bauermeister, a professor of genetics and anthropology, and Laura Bauermeister, a singer.
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Mary Bauermeister spent her early childhood in Kiel, before moving to the suburbs of Cologne.
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Mary Bauermeister exhibited regularly at the Galeria Bonino on 57th Street.
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Mary Bauermeister used the knowledge she garnered from these studies for the planning of gardens, which she implemented for public and private clients throughout the world.
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Mary Bauermeister lived in Forsbach, part of Rosrath near Cologne, where she made her house a meeting place of artists, with huts and circus wagons in the garden to house young people.
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Mary Bauermeister worked closely with the sculptor Hannes Lorenz and with students of the Alanus University of Arts and Social Sciences in Alfter.
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In 2018 Mary Bauermeister signed an exclusive contract with the Michael Rosenfeld Gallery in Chelsea, Manhattan.
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Mary Bauermeister died in Rosrath on 2 March 2023, at the age of 88, after a serious illness over several months.
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On 15 June 2020, Mary Bauermeister was awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany for her contributions to Germany's post-war art scene.