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LANGE, Detta
- Born
- Berlin, Germany, 1923
- Died
- Totnes, Devon, 2016
- Biography synopsis
- Although it is not known when Lange moved to Canada, her art practice was centered in Edmonton. She worked in a range of media including collage, printmaking, ceramics and painting. In the early 1960s her work was included in the annual Calgary Graphics exhibitions. During this same period, she was a member of the Edmonton Focus Gallery, the first Canadian artists co-op space. Lange's involvement with the Focus Gallery was noted by art critic Clement Greenberg during his visit to western Canada in the early 1960s. In 1961 Lange attended the Immaculate Heart College (Los Angeles), studying printmaking under Sister Corita. She wrote of her semi-abstract stylized silkscreen prints underlining the abstract approach of her work. In addition to her participation in the visual arts, she also worked in costume and theater design, where she was recognized for unusual theater designs. Lange was the Director of Arts for the city of Edmonton and was also involved in art education with children through the Edmonton Art Gallery Women's Society.
- Media used
- Ceramics
- Collage
- Painting
- Printmaking
- File & Archive locations
- National Gallery of Canada, ON - Library and Archives
- University of British Columbia - Fine Arts Library
- BIBLIOGRAPHY
Writings about- "The Edmonton Art Gallery: Womens' Society." Edmonton Journal 1 Oct. 1956: 18
- Barnhouse, Dorothy. "Detta Lange's Work has Individualism." Edmonton Daily Journal 17 Jan. 1964
- Cochran, Bente Roed. Printmaking in Alberta 1945-1985 Edmonton: University of Alberta Press, 1989
- Eddleston, Babette. Printmaking: Four Artists, Four Media Santa Monica, California: BFA Educational Media, 1968
http://archive.org/details/printmakingfourartistsfourmedia - Glenfield, Mary Ross. The Growth of Theatre in Edmonton: From the Early 1920s to 1965 Edmonton, Alberta: University of Alberta, 2001
http://www.collectionscanada.gc.ca/obj/s4/f2/dsk3/ftp04/MQ60377.pdf - Greenberg, Clement. The Collected Essays and Criticism: Modernism with a Vengeance, 1957-1969 Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1986
- MacDonald, Colin S.. The Dictionary of Canadian Artists (Volumes 1-8 by Colin S. MacDonald, and volume 9 by Anne Newlands and Judith Parker) Ottawa: National Gallery of Canada, 2009
- Paradis, Andree. "L'Art des Prairies." Vie des Arts 44 (Fall 1966): 100
http://id.erudit.org/iderudit/58366ac
Writings by- Lange, Detta. "Summer School 1961 at the Immaculate Heart College in Los Angeles." Leisure: Recreation and Cultural Development Magazine 4.1 (Feb. 1962): 16-18
