ART REVIEWS/PRESS
Contemporary art critics compared Alice Pairan to Marc Chagall, Edvard Munch, Otto Müller and Bele Bachem.
Media coverage of her exhibitions acknowledge the influence of the Städelschule on her oeuvre, yet Alice expanded her range through bold experimentation. She forged from her experience her own style, unique not only in colours, composition and media, but in the various subject matters she addressed.
SOME CONTEMPORARY PRESS REVIEWS
“Alice Pairan’s creative art enters the realm of the imaginary, opens the gates to an inevitable demand for sobriety in our time and lifts the pictorial of her expression into the sphere of lonely spiritual power …”
“… Pairan undoubtedly paints figuratively, but in the background of her pictures lies the non-objective, the unspeakable, which cannot be expressed in words, not in colour and form. This way the pictorial impression… becomes a spiritual power for her, which gives profile especially to the “construction sites”, a topic that is seldom taken up by a woman.”
“Delicately drawn and tinted, mythical urban landscapes … They exude a fascination like few pictures do.”
“The strong, well-built paintings … that achieve colour with a minimum of effort are good examples of the free treatment of objective themes often achieved here.”
“Cheerful playfulness and imagination show graphics by Alice Pairan. Some elements are reminiscent of Chagall, some of Bele Bachem….“
“Between dream and experiment”
“The pictures “show a striking lightness and transparency … It is a very feminine, playful and story-telling sign language …”
AWARDS
1958 |
2nd Prize, W.O.M.A.N. World Organization of Mothers of all Nations |
1960, 1969 |
German ArbeiterwohlfahrtWorker Welfare Prize |
1968 |
Ancona II Annuale Italiana d’Arte Grafica Mostra Internazionale “Diploma d’Onore” |
1969 |
Ancona III Biennale delle Regioni “Diploma di Menzione Onorevole” |
1970 |
Awarded for her work submitted to the competition on “Zeitkritische Grafik” (Graphics of contemporary criticism), Heinrich-Zille Foundation |
1970 |
Naples Plaque, O.M.A.N. World Organization of Mothers of all Nations by the World Organization of Mothers |
SOLO AND GROUP EXHIBITIONS (SELECTION)
1948 |
Darmstadt, Amerika-Haus; Frankfurt, Kunstverein |
1940s/1950s |
Frankfurt, Artists at the Römer |
1955 |
Munich, Deutsches Museum, “The theme of Wool in Art“ |
1956 |
Frankfurt |
1957 |
Frankfurt Car Exhibition and Opening Exhibition Carmelite Monastery Beirut, Gedok-Exhibition Mannheim, Kunsthalle |
1958 |
Wiesbaden, Frankfurt Paris, Musé d’Art Moderne |
1959 |
Solo Exhibition, Frankfurt, Nebbiensches Gartenhaus Stuttgart, Kunstverein Munich, Olympic Committee Bonn (awarded) Munich, Haus der Kunst (special mention) Frankfurt, Carmelite Monastery |
1960 |
Nauheim, Bad Orb |
1961 |
Cologne, Hannover, Reutlingen |
1962 |
Düsseldorf, Bad Homburg |
1963 |
Lyon, Munich, Berlin Only female artist featured at World Petroleum Congress, Frankfurt |
1964 |
Miltenberg |
1965 |
Frankfurt, Opera House (awarded) |
1966 |
Frankfurt, Female Artists in Hesse |
1967 |
Athens, Bonn, Stuttgart, Frankfurt Book Cover The Heavens are Cleft Asunder/Der Gespaltene Himmel |
1968 |
11th Annuale Italiana d’Arte Grafica, Ancona (awarded) Königstein, Berlin, Bonn, Ancona, Frankfurt, Tübingen |
1969 |
Riccione, Stuttgart, Ancona |
1970 |
Solo Exhibition, Frankfurt |
1970 |
Berlin, Hannover, Frankfurt, Mannheim, Skelleftení Bonn, (awarded) |
1971 |
Stuttgart, Bonn, Naples, Hannover, Frankfurt |
1972 |
Bonn, Frankfurt |
1973 |
Frankfurt, Eschborn, Wuppertal, Heidelberg |
1974 |
Frankfurt |
1975 |
Frankfurt, Historic Museum Stuttgart, “Animals in Modern Art“ |
1977 |
Solo Exhibition, Mainz |
1980 |
Commemorative Calendar |
