Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt

Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt was born in 1932 in Wurzen. After the war she left school and later worked as an office manager and saleswoman. In 1955 she married the artist Robert Rehfeldt. She found a job in the exhibition department of the Akademie der Künste. At the same time she painted and drew. In the 1970s Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt developed her "Typewritings". At about the same time Robert Rehfeldt was engaged in the production and distribution of Mail Art. Rehfeldt included works by his wife in his correspondence. This meant for Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt the entry into the development of her own network. In 1975 she was nominated for the Association of Visual Artists of the GDR and became a full member in 1978. In 1990 she stopped her artistic production. In the last few years a great interest in her work has developed. She has exhibited her works in numerous national and international exhibitions. Ruth Wolf-Rehfeldt died in 2024.