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Gerda Schmidt-Panknin (born in Lüchow, Schleswig-Holstein, on August 9, 1920) is a German painter. The artist lives and works in Kappeln. She studied at the Bremen Art Academy in the 1940s.
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Works
Painting is the main media of Gerda Schmidt-Panknin. She prefers to combine oil or acrylic painting with other techniques like crayon. In the paintings of the 1960s to the 1980s she mixed sand and other materials into the paint. Since the 1950s and her first travels to Greece these travel experiences (later to USSR, Scandinavia, Iceland and Greenland) are the main inspiration for her work.
Influence
Due to her practise as art teacher Schmidt-Panknin influenced many younger artist like Peter Nagel or Nicolaus Schmidt.
Exhibitions (selection)
References
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