RALF DINGELDEIN
“MARTA HOEPFFNER – FOTOGRAFIN UND KÜNSTLERIN DES LICHTS”

Language: German

In his lecture, Ralf Dingeldein, Chairman of the Marta Hoepffner Society for Photography, will talk about Marta Hoepffner's biography, her artistic work, and her private photography school in Hofheim.

Marta Hoepffner, born in Pirmasens in 1912, saw herself as a designer of light. Today, her work is once again gaining recognition in the history of experimental photography, and exhibitions at home and abroad showcase her work alongside the great masters of photographic art. The growing interest in the contributions of female artists to art history further emphasizes her role as a pioneer of new photographic ideas.

Her artistic development was heavily influenced by the upheavals in modern art at the beginning of the 20th century. Visual arts, film, and photography were all affected by the social upheavals following the Russian Revolution and the end of World War I. In this spirit of optimism, artists such as those of the Russian avant-garde and the Bauhaus movement broke away from traditional forms. The separation of the arts was abolished, and their roles redefined—becoming beacons of hope on the path toward a new and freer era.

Photography also sought new possibilities: from a medium primarily used for depiction and documentation, it evolved into a protagonist of new ways of seeing, light art, and abstraction. Marta Hoepffner followed this path with her photographic work.

Even during the dark times of Nazi rule and World War II, artists like Marta Hoepffner preserved the ideas of the 1920s. In 1949, she founded a private school in Hofheim am Taunus, where she passed on the art of modernism to the next generation.

RALF DINGELDEIN“MARTA HOEPFFNER – FOTOGRAFIN UND KÜNSTLERIN DES LICHTS”

RALF DINGELDEIN
“MARTA HOEPFFNER – FOTOGRAFIN UND KÜNSTLERIN DES LICHTS”