Elisabeth Loewe (1924, in Breslau – 1996, in

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) was a German artist of the Post- Expressionism.

Life

Born in Breslau to Jewish parents, she contracted

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as a nine-year-old, which resulted in a severe physical disability. It was still possible for her parents to leave Breslau in 1939 for Chile, where the family found a fresh beginning. The German reparation policy (Federal Law of Compensation for victims of national-socialist persecution) granted Elisabeth Loewe a scholarship at the Ruprecht-Karls-University in Heidelberg, where she studied

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from 1958. A

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showed her the path to painting. In 1961 she commenced art studies at the University for Arts in Berlin, with Professors Ernst Schumacher (painter), Peter Jansen, Hans Jaenisch and Rudolf Bednarzcik. From 1970 she lived in Bremen as a freelance painter. Her narrative art tries to find a stylistic connection of

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n folk art and a form of expression in

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. She finds her themes mainly in Russian fairy tales and in the

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Exhibitions

1964 Haus am Lützowplatz,

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1965

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, Berlin 1965 Galerie Hamburg 13 1966 Galerie Neupert Zürich 1967 Galerie Hamburg 13 1969 Galerie Vallombreuse,

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1970 Galerie Mouffe,

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1971

Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum The Paula Modersohn-Becker Museum in Bremen, Germany, is the first museum in the world devoted to a female artist. Modersohn-Becker (1876–1907) was one of the most important early Expressionists, and the museum features key works from each of ...

, Bremen 1973 Deutsch-Ibero-Amerikanische Gesellschaft,

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1975

Kunsthalle Bremen The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany. It is located close to the Bremen Old Town on the "Culture Mile" (german: Kulturmeile). The Kunsthalle was built in 1849, enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister, and expanded ...

1983 Neue Worpsweder Galerie

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1986 and 1987 Galerie Steinbrecher, Bremen 1990 Haus der Bürgerschaft 1995 KulturAmbulanz Galerie im Park, Bremen 1996 Kunstverein

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1997 Galerie Steinbrecher und Kunstverein

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with Dagmar Calais 1998 Kunsthaus Knapstein and townhall

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Awards

1970 Diplôme d'Honneur Salon International Automne Biarritz.

References

Sources

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, Die Malerin Elisabeth Loewe, in „Die Waage“ Bd. 11, 1972 {{DEFAULTSORT:Loewe, Elisabeth 1924 births 1996 deaths 20th-century German painters 20th-century German women artists German women painters German expatriates in Chile 20th-century women painters