Auguste Ludwig (1834-1901) was a German genre painter.

Biography

Ludwig was born on 26 February 1834 in

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. Throughout her career she lived in

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, and

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. She exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Ludwig died in 1901.

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images of Ludwig's work
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