Elisabeth Balwé-Staimmer

1896 Straubing - 1973 Feldwies/Chiemsee

Elisabeth Balwé-Staimmer wurde als Beamtentochter am 17.05 1896 in Straubing geboren. Sie studierte bei Carl Caspar und Richard Riemerschmid in München an der Akademie für angewandte Kunst.
1927 heiratete sie den Maler Arnold Balwé und ließ sie sich in Feldwies am Chiemsee nieder. Mit ihrem Ehemann unternahm zahlreiche Studienreisen nach Italien, Spanien, Frankreich und Holland. Zu ihren Genres zählten Landschaften, Stillleben und Blumen. In ihren Werken sind Entsprechungen zur Malerei der "Fauves" und der "Nabis" spürbar.
Erste Gedächtnisausstellungen in Rosenheim und Essen für die 1973 verstorbene Künstlerin fanden bereits 1974 und 1975 statt.

Elisabeth Balwé-Staimmer was born in Straubing in Lower Bavaria in 1896. She died in Traunstein in 1973. She began her artistic career in Munich in 1923 under Karl Caspar (1879-1956). She continued her studies under Richard Riemerschmid (1868-1957) and Else Jaskolla (1881-1957) at the Munich Academy of Applied Arts. She went on to complete her studies in 1927 as an independent painter at the Academy of Fine Arts where Caspar was then teaching. In the same year she married fellow artist Arnold Balwé (1898-1983). The couple travelled extensively, finding in their travels rich sources of creative inspiration. Outstanding features of Staimmer’s work are her unerring eye for colour and her highly individual style. Her preferred motifs are drawn from her domestic environment – simple everyday subjects and interiors. She was also a painter of still lifes. She specialized in the techniques of gouache and watercolour, producing a large body of work.