Balke, Roswit

(7/31/1928 Aachen- ) (Germany)

   Painter. Attended the Aachen Art School and apprenticed with Prof. Teuwen. Married painter and sculptor Klaus Balke. Her erotic works depict lovers who float over landscapes, said to reflect a female perspective on sexuality.

   Reproductions: [Lovers]; Klinger, 1982c: fig. 1-18 (b). [Lovers]; wa-tercolor series; Klinger, 1982c: plates II, III, IV, V, VI, VII (c). [Nude woman with paper hat in forest with animals and animal-headed humans]; wa-tercolor: Klinger, 1982c: pl. I (c)

   Source: AKL VI 1992: p. 468.