Marie Marcks
Reception
Reception
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On the occasion of the 100th anniversary of her birth, the [German Historical Museum](/wiki/German_Historical_Museum "German Historical Museum") called Marcks the *"Grande Dame* of political caricature in the Federal Republic." Commenting on Marcks' work, the former President of the German [Federal Constitutional Court](/wiki/Federal_Constitutional_Court "Federal Constitutional Court"), [Jutta Limbach](/wiki/Jutta_Limbach "Jutta Limbach"), said: "No artist before her has caricatured gender relations in such a sarcastic way." Further, she recognized how Marcks had frequently portrayed the "narrow\-minded patriarch."

Her artistic estate of around 2,500 works was acquired in 2013 by the [Wilhelm Busch Museum](/wiki/Wilhelm_Busch_Museum "Wilhelm Busch Museum") in Hanover, which organised a [retrospective](/wiki/Retrospective "Retrospective") exhibition of the artist's work from May to October 2015\. A two\-volume edition of her work was published in 2022 to mark her 100th birthday. In [Heidelberg](/wiki/Heidelberg "Heidelberg"), where she spent most of her life, the Marie\-Marcks\-School was named after her.

During her lifetime, Marcks was honoured with several awards, including the German [Order of Merit](/wiki/Order_of_Merit_of_the_Federal_Republic_of_Germany "Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany") in 1995, the 2004 Caricature Prize of the [German Bar Association](/wiki/German_Bar_Association "German Bar Association") and the German Caricature Prize in 2008\. Her work was shown in numerous solo exhibitions in Germany, Austria, France, Australia, the USA and Canada.


What exhibition was organized to showcase Marcks' work in Hanover?