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Doschi Rosa-Rollwagen Art
site last updated: March 22, 2010
In the work of a good painter,
every tree and every mountain prays.
Hermann Hesse, 1914
Mrs. Rosa-Rollwagen was born in Vienna/Austria where she studied graphic arts and painting at the Academy of Fine Arts. After she moved to the United States in March of 1990 she worked as an antiquarian restorer in Manhattan. She is married to Rev. Paul Rosa and has two young boys, Theodor and Louis. In 1997 Mrs. Rosa and her family moved to the beautiful town of Pine Bush in Orange County, New York, where she enjoys raising her boys and working on her watercolors.
Born in Vienna, Austria
Third child of Arch. Dipl. Ing. Friedrich Rollwagen and Lisbeth Rollwagen
S c h o o l:
Finished High School 1976
Higher School for Graphic Arts - Vienna, Austria 1976 -1980
Academy of Fine Arts - Vienna, Austria 1980 -1982
W o r k e x p e r i e n c e :
Grahic Designer for Plasser & Theurer, South Africa 1985-1986
Graphic Designer for Advertising Agency, RSCG Jasch & Schramm 1987-1989
Graphic Designer for the Austrian Computer Society 1989-1990
Free lance Illustrator for various Austrian companies/magazines 1987-1990
Antiquarian Restorer in Manhattan/NY, 1990-1993
Teaching art to children grades K-5 within the Pine Bush Continuing Education program since 2001
Art Teacher at Chapel Field High (grades 6-12) since 2008
Artist’s Statement
A deep love for nature was planted into my heart from earliest childhood on. Spending time outside, observing plants, landscapes, the sky, different moods created by changing illumination was always one of my favorite pursuits even as a child. To me, the peace and healing power attained from nature seems surpassed only by the Creator Himself. I am grateful to have been given the ability to capture these beautiful arrangements of creation in my paintings and to bring joy to other people with them.
We live - if one follows the biblical sequence of events - after the Fall. In any case, we live in a world of suffering in which evil is rampant, a world whose events do not confirm our Being, a world that has to be resisted. It is in this situation that the aestetic moment offers hope. That we find a crystal or a poppy beautiful means that we are less alone, that we are more deeply inserted into existence than the course of a single life would lead us to believe. Art is an organized response to what nature allows us to glimpse occasionally. Art sets out to transform the potential recognition into an unceasing one. It proclaims man in the hope of receiving a surer reply. The transcendental face of art is always a form of prayer.John Berger, The White Bird, 1985 View New Works from Fall '08 to now
Recents art shows: Right as Rain - New Watercolors Main Street Plaza, Pine Bush, New York - May 30, 2008
herausgenommen - landscapes and still lifes
Ausstellungsraum "das geschäft", Vienna, Austria - June 28, 2007
The meaning of the german word "herausgenommen " is twofold - to take- or lift out or to take liberties. Both meanings of the word apply here. The landscapes and still lifes are painted as if lifted out of nature, just as you would bring home a beautiful flower to replant in your garden for permanent enjoyment. The artist experiences it somewhat as a dare, as taken liberties however to paint in a representational style in a time when this aproach to Art is at the odds.
Beauty from Ashes - A Winter in Shawangunk Shawangunk Stone Parsonage, Wallkill, New York - April 28, 2006 After a devastating fire had wrecked the home of Austrian-born artist Doschi Rosa-Rollwagen in October '05, she and her family spent the winter in an historic stone house (built 1751) beautifully situated along the Shawangunk mountain ridge. The beauty of the area inspired Mrs. Rosa to a series of riveting watercolors, which were exhibited in April of 2006 at the historic stone home, under the title Beauty from Ashes. Please view pictures of all artwork and artshows in photos albums. click "Photos" Icon in upper right corner. 2. Beauty from Ashes - art show 2006 (22 Images) 3. Herausgenommen - works from 5/06 to 5/07 (61 images) 4. Herausgenommen - art show 2007 (20 images) 5. New Works 2007 ( 17 images) 6. New Works 2008 ( 14 images) 7. Right as Rain - art show 2008 ( 26 images)
