Tabea Blumenschein

Tabea Blumenschein (11 August 1952 – 2 March 2020)[1] was a German painter, actress, film director, screenwriter, costume/set designer and musician.[2][3]

Tabea Blumenschein
Born(1952-08-11)11 August 1952
Rietheim, Germany
Died2 March 2020(2020-03-02) (aged 67)
Berlin, Germany
Occupation(s)Painter, actress, film director, screenwriter, costume/set designer and musician
Years active1973–2020

Blumenschein was born in Konstanz.[4] She studied art at Kunstschule Konstanz and moved to Berlin in 1973. She starred in 5 films by Ulrike Ottinger. She designed the collection "Big Birds" for Berlin Knitweardesigner Claudia Skoda which was presented at Berlin Kongresshalle in 1979. She was awarded the Deutscher Filmpreis in Gold 1981 for her Setdesign for the Film "Looping". She collaborated with the performance art and music group Die Tödliche Doris and recorded with Gudrun Gut, Bettina Koester, Frieder Butzmann, and with Die Dominas. Blumenschein died in Berlin, aged 67.[1]

Filmography
  • Laokoon & Söhne (Ulrike Ottinger and Tabea Blumenschein 1973)
  • The Enchantment of the Blue Sailors (Die Betörung der blauen Matrosen), (Ulrike Ottinger and Tabea Blumenschein 1975)
  • Portrait Marianne Rosenberg, (Rosa von Praunheim 1976)
  • Madame X: An Absolute Ruler (Madame X – Eine absolute Herrscherin), (Ulrike Ottinger 1978)[1]
  • Ticket of No Return (Bildnis einer Trinkerin), (Ulrike Ottinger 1979)[1]
  • Taxi zum Klo, (Frank Ripploh, 1980)
  • Das Graupelberhuhn (Die Tödliche Doris 1982)
  • Sportliche Schatten – Kunst in Krisenzeiten (black&white, S-8, with Udo Kier, direction and script: Tabea Blumenschein 1982)
  • Uliisses, (Werner Nekes 1982)
  • Dorian Gray in the Mirror of the Yellow Press. (Ulrike Ottinger 1984)
  • Zagarbata, (director and script: Tabea Blumenschein, 1985)[1]

References
  1. Nutt, Harry (2 March 2020). "Berliner Abschweifungen". Berliner Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  2. Nolte, Barbara (9 June 2014). "Das Leben nach dem Nachtleben". Der Tagesspiegel (in German). Retrieved 9 October 2014.
  3. Jacobs, Mascha (19 August 2015). "Spuren von Tabeas Glanz". Die Zeit (in German). Retrieved 3 March 2020.
  4. Meier, Daniel (7 March 2020). "Nachruf: Die Künstlerin Tabea Blumenschein war eine Provokation auf Highheels" [Obituary: The artist Tabea Blumenschein was a provocation on high heels]. NZZ am Sonntag (in German). Retrieved 16 November 2020.
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