The painter Gudrun Brüne died on 25 January 2025 at the age of 83 in Neuruppin after a long illness. With her art, which is characterised by clear, allegorical depictions, cross-generational themes and deep social reflection, she remains an artist of immense, timeless relevance. Gudrun Brünes’ paintings, in which masks, dolls and metaphorical scenes are figuratively depicted, revolve around central questions of human existence: love, transience, manipulation, self-determination, destruction and the search for true identity. These themes, which constitute the fundamental questions of her art, probably also arose from the formative experiences in her life.
Image above: Gudrun Brüne in her studio in Strodehne in Havelland, 1992 © Gudrun Brü...