Biography

Biography
1895

Born as the daughter of the pastry chef Fritz Wiegmann and Paula, born Voigt, in Berlin Spandau

1917

Studies at the Levin-Funke-Schule in Berlin under August Kraus and Lovis Corinth

1918

Studies in Munich

1919-1923

Visit of the College of Arts Berlin-Charlottenburg, wood sculpture class with Hans Peratoner

1921

Marriage to her study friend Berthold Müller, Oerlinghausen

1923-1924

Plasterwork in the Marian Chapel in Oerlinghausen

1924-1925

Stay in Rome. Work for the exhibition in the Vatican mission to the Holy Year 1925

1926

Return to Berlin, exhibition at the Art Salon Fischer, Bielefeld

1926/27

Stay in Hagen (Germany), Francis relief on the facade of the new Franciscan church

1927

Participation in the International exhibition „Painting and Sculpture“, New York

1927/28

Travel to Spain and Italy

1927-1930

Work in Berlin, exhibitions at the Academy of Arts in Berlin Secession, together with Berthold Müller in museums in Bielefeld, Kassel, Cologne, Utrecht etc.

1931

Work in Villeneuve-lès-Avignon

1931-1933

Stay and work in Paris, marrying Gabriele Mucchi, move to Milan, large figure „Girls in the Sun“ for the Triennial

since 1934

Permanent stay in Milan, exhibition at the Venice Biennale, works for the Milan Triennale

1937

Gold Medal at the World Exhibition in Paris

1943-1945

Active in the Italian resistance against fascism; active, recognized freedom fighter

1946

Bas-relief on the tomb Pino, Parabiago

1949

First trip to Berlin after the war

1950

Belongs to the group of Italian realists

1955/56

Lessons for metal at the Scuola Umanitaria, Milan

since 1956

Changing stay in Milan and Berlin

1959

Monument to the Fallen Partisans of Bologna

1965

creates the „Year 1965“ and driven into copper „Doors“ of the Church of the Annunciation in Nazareth

1969

„Swimmer“, last work in Berlin

1969

On 2 July Genni / Jenny Wiegmann-Mucchi died in Berlin-Buch, she is buried in the cemetery beside the grave of Frederick field Käthe Kollwitz

2011

Unveiling of the built-back Patrice Lumumba Monument, Leipzig