Strong Women for Art
In Conversation with Anna Lenz
Distributed for Hirmer Publishers
- Contents
- Review Quotes

Foreword
The urge to keep on working,
to write, has always been with me
Antje von Graevenitz
From the kind of rustling, Holweck always knew
very well whether I was in good form
Christiane Mewes-Holweck
We’re in a family business
Christine Uecker
It’s great good fortune to live together for so long
Danielle Morellet
I never get bored
Edith Talman
Some days Otto and I think that together we SEE it all!
Elizabeth Goldring-Piene
For me he’s not an artist, but a man
Essila Paraiso
I prefer the visual; I can deal
with it better than the auditive
Franziska Megert
“My wife earns our daily bread,
and I earn the bread rolls for Sunday”
Gertrud Bartels
I wanted to gather knowledge, attain insights
Hannelore Ditz
For myself I wish a place for books, art and friends
Karin Girke
All this is absolutely my life
Kitty Kemr
Dani Franque – a brief portrait as related by her daughter
Léonore Verheyen
I love enjoying life
Marie-Madeleine Opalka
With my ideas I was always a bit too early:
That was my problem
Nanda Vigo
Intuition is our authentic well-spring
Rotraut Klein-Moquay
If you’re happy, everything else falls into place
susanne de vries
I’ve always drawn the strength to cope
with everything else from painting
Uta Peyrer-Prantl
From the very beginning, I was always there-
seven days a week and at least eight hours a day
Ute Mack
At my age you can speak of dreams only with difficulty
Vlasta Prachatiká
List of Illustrations
Photo Credits
Imprint
Lenz highlights the strength and influence of these women both personally and as part of a couple. . . . Recommended.”
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