Rosa Loy

Rosa Loy’s whimsical paintings of women combine elements of Social Realism with bold color palettes, stylized figures, and enigmatic scenes. Loy uses special casein paint derived from milk protein to render her hermetic, fairy tale–inspired landscapes. The artist eliminates men from her compositions in order to focus on women’s everyday lives, yet her paintings course with looming threat and an undercurrent of authoritarianism. Loy grew up in isolated East Germany. She became one of the few female members of the New Leipzig School, a loose collective of figurative artists that also included her husband, Neo Rauch. Loy has exhibited in New York, Berlin, Munich, Paris, and London. Her work belongs in the collections of the Busan Museum of Art, the Museum of Modern Art, the Museum der bildenden Künste, the Sammlung Essl, and the Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles.