Ida Teichmann (Frankfurt am Main 1874-1945? Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann and as Jenny Teichmann

Three Girls Sleeping

1917 or before

lithograph on chamois-colored China paper

image 16,5 x 30,7 cm; sheet 21,5 x 32,8 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

The Daulton Collection

condition: lower left and upper right corner somewhat creased.

References for this lithograph:

Die Schönheit, 1917.  Die Schönheit [The Beauty] was a monthy magazine published in Dresden from 1915 to 1932 (in Berlin, Leipzig, and Vienna from 1902 to 1914).

Discussion:

Born Ida Fries, married name Teichmann, she called herself at times Idi Teichmann. German painter, draughtswoman, illustrator, caricaturist, and graphic artist active in Frankfurt am Main; 1894-97, pupil of Julius Maria Jakob Welsch; went on study trips to England (Nottingham) and Italy (Naples); 1903, return to Frankfurt am Main; from 1911, exclusively working as a draughtswoman, contributed to the Munich magazine "Jugend" in 1917 and 1918; mentioned in the 1930s in Reichenbach im Odenwald; member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund Weimar and of the GEDOK Frankfurt am Main, she exhibited at the Munich Glaspalast as well as at the Great German Art Exhibition at the Haus der Deutschen Kunst, Munich, in 1937 and 1938; the graphic cabinets in Mainz, Breslau and Munich own works by her. 

"The German Ida Teichmann [was] a very fine artist who specialized in brilliant, realistic pencil studies of young women," often "a supremely sensuous depiction of erotic lassitude."  Bram Dijkstra, Idols of Perversity: Fantasies of Feminine Evil in Fin-de-Siècle Culture (New York and Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1986), at pg. 156, ill. V, 32.  She published in the art nouveau periodical Jugend in 1918.  Dijkstra at pg. 191.

Ida Teichmann (Frankfurt am Main 1874-1945? Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann

Three Girls Playing a Ballgame

circa 1913-1925 

lithograph on chamois-colored China paper

image 18,5 x 35,4 cm; sheet 23 x 40 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

The Daulton Collection

condition: somewhat creased and slightly foxed in the area of the lower left corner.

Ida Teichmann (Frankfurt am Main 1874-1945? Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann and as Jenny Teichmann

Three Girls Playing Outdoors

1922 or before

lithograph on chamois-colored China paper

image 21,8 x 27 cm; sheet 29,3 x 35,4 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

The Daulton Collection

References for this lithograph:

Die Schönheit, 1922, Heft 12.  

Ida Teichmann (Frankfurt am Main 1874-1945? Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann and as Jenny Teichmann

Feierstunde [Celebration]

1917 or before

lithograph on extremely fine, chamois-colored Japan paper

stone 27,2 x 38,7 cm; sheet 36,3 x 47,7 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

The Daulton Collection

Condition:  Overall, inconspicuously creased and wavy; the upper white edge with creases. A slight, diagonal crease above the left group of girls. The edges of the sheet are cut somewhat unevenly in places; the bottom right edge with cut marks and loss of material. In the depiction area there are a few light brown spots.

References for this lithograph:

Die Schönheit – mit Bildern geschmückte Zeitschrift für Kunst und Leben. Illustrierte Monatsschrift [The Beauty – a Magazine for Art and Life decorated with Pictures. Illustrated Monthly Magazine], 14 Band, Dresden, 1917, S. 123 [Volume 14. Dresden, 1917, Pg. 123], published under the name "Jenny Teichmann."  

For the motifs, see generally Carl Weichardt, "Kreide-Zeichnungen von I. Teichmann," Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration 33 (1913/14), Jg. XVII, Heft 1, Darmstadt 1913, S. 432–434 [Carl Weichardt, "Chalk drawings by I. Teichmann," Deutsche Kunst und Dekoration, 33 (1913/14), vol. XVII, issue 1, Darmstadt, 1913, pgs. 432–434].

Biographical details:

"1894–97 Schülerin von Julius Maria Jakob Welsch, frühe Konzentration auf die Malerei. Ansässig in Frankfurt am Main, Studienaufenthalte 1897–98 in England und 1902 in Italien. 1917/18 Beiträge für die Zeitschrift "Jugend". Mitglied des Deutschen Künstlerbundes Weimar. Seit 1911 widmete sich Teichmann fast ausschließlich der Grafik. Als besonders bemerkenswert gelten ihre zarten und allegorischen Mädchendarstellungen, die eine große Nähe zur Kunst der Nazarener und der Freikörperkultur der Lebensreformbewegung vermitteln. 1937/38 Ausstellungen im Münchner Glaspalast, auf der Großen Deutschen Kunstausstellung, Haus der Kunst, München und im Kupferstichkabinett Dresden. Ihre Werke befinden sich u.a. in öffentlichen Sammlungen von München und Breslau."  SKD

["1894–97 student of Julius Maria Jakob Welsch, early concentration on painting. Based in Frankfurt am Main, study trips 1897–98 in England and 1902 in Italy. 1917/18 contributions to the magazine "Jugend". Member of the German Artists' Association in Weimar. From 1911 Teichmann devoted herself almost exclusively to graphic art. Her delicate and allegorical depictions of girls are particularly notable, which convey a great proximity to the art of the Nazarenes and the nudist culture of the life reform movement. 1937/38 exhibitions in the Munich Glass Palace, at the Great German Art Exhibition, Haus der Kunst, Munich, and in the Kupferstichkabinett Dresden. Her works can be found in public collections in Munich and Breslau, among others."] SKD

Ida Teichmann (Frankfurt am Main 1874-1945? Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann and as Jenny Teichmann

Traum und Klage [Dream and Lament]

circa 1913-1925 

lithograph on China paper

image approx. 23.5 x 64.5 cm; sheet approx. 40 x 75 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

framed under glass

The Daulton Collection

Condition: slightly creased; brown stain in the upper right corner of the sheet, but not affecting the image; additional few discreet brown stains.

Discussion:

The Reclam-Universum (Reclam-Universallexikon) of 1918 mentions that Teichmann usually made "not more than a dozen" ["das oft nicht mehr als ein Dutzend"] copies of each edition of her lithographs.

Ida Teichmann (Frankfurt am Main 1874-1945? Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann

Die Dahingerissenen (The Travelers)

circa 1913-1925

lithograph

36 x 55,5 cm

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

The Daulton Collection

Ida Teichmann (Fries 1874-after 1925 Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann

Die Kommenden (The Coming)

circa 1913-1925

soft-toned lithograph

26,5 x 37,5 cm (image)

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

verso inscribed: "Die Kommenden"

framed; verso with stamp of framer Weiden

The Daulton Collection

condition: paper slightly creased and wavy, and somewhat stained outside the image

Ida Teichmann (Fries 1874-after 1925 Frankfurt am Main), also known as Idi Teichmann

Die Verlassenen (The Forsaken)

circa 1913-1925

lithograph

circa 23 x 46,5 cm (image)

signed in pencil lower right: "I.Teichmann"

framed

titled in pencil on back of the framed work: "Die Verlassenen"

The Daulton Collection

Condition: slightly wavy, mainly outside the depiction; paper repaired at lower right corner

Discussion:

A finely nuanced lithograph depicting five wailing naked women, an allegory of old age. Probably only about 10 impressions of this lithograph exist.

Born Ida Fries, married Teichmann, called herself as artist at times Idi Teichmann, German painter, draughtswoman, illustrator, caricaturist, and graphic artist (1874 in Frankfurt am Main until 1945 Frankfurt am Main?); 1894-97 pupil of Julius Maria Jakob Welsch; went on study trips to England (Nottingham) and Italy (Naples); 1903 return to Frankfurt am Main; from 1911 exclusively working as a draughtswoman; contributed to the Munich magazine 'Jugend' in 1917 and 1918; mentioned in the 1930s in Reichenbach im Odenwald; member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund Weimar and the GEDOK Frankfurt am Main; exhibited at the Munich Glaspalast and in 1937 and 1938 at the Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung in the Haus der Deutschen Kunst, Munich; the graphic cabinets in Mainz, Breslau, and Munich own works by her; generally active in Frankfurt am Main.