Magdalene Kreßner
Magdalene Kreßner (3 October 1899 - 18 May 1975) was a German Sculpture, sculptor. She is known, in particular, for her Relief, mural reliefs. Life Magdalene "Ebbi" Kreßner was born in :de:Mohsdorf, Schweizerthal (now part of Burgstädt) in the Kingdom of Saxony. As a child she was initially sent to a boarding school, but she hated it. Eventually her parents were persuaded to send her to the "Alte Kunstschule Richter" (Art School) in Dresden where her love of art was awakened. She became determined to become a painter (and at the same time to avoid getting "side-tracked into sculpture"). Between 1921 and 1927 she studied with :de:Wilhelm Gerstel (Bildhauer), Wilhelm Gerstel at the Berlin University of the Arts, Berlin-Charlottenburg Arts Academy (as it was known at that time). She then switched to the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, Academy of Fine Arts in Dresden where between 1927 and 1930 she was a "Meisterschülerin" (''loosely, "master student"'') of Karl Albiker ...
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