Clara Vogedes

At the end of her school years she studied foreign languages in Rolle on Lake Geneva, graduating with the French diploma in interpreting.

Alois worked as an editor for various newspapers, often also in the capacity of a journalist, in Hanover, Trier, Neunkirchen and Paderborn, among other locations.

[1] In Neunkirchen she painted watercolours of the working world: men at blast furnaces, in rolling mills and wire-drawing shops.

[1] In her husband's portrait (1929) and in her self-portrait "The Painter" (1933) can be seen to the full her mastery of watercolour painting technique, "which requires great concentration and skill, as once the colour has been applied, amendments are hardly possible.

Her youngest daughter brought her to her home in Lünen and set her up in her own studio, where at the age of 65 she turned to painting once more and began a new creative period.

Clara's watercolours vibrate: the light, air, atmosphere play into them, setting a strong lyrical accent.

"[1] Vogedes travelled a great deal: to Greece (Rhodes, Crete), to Andalusia, France (especially to Paris, Brittany, Provence and the Camargue), to Prague and the Czech Republic, England, Norway, Denmark and even at the age of 85 to Egypt.

The November mood so aptly depicted by Clara Vogedes, immortalised as a watercolour many years ago, hardly differs from the cloudy grey tones of yesterday's weather".