Else Meidner (born Else Meyer; 2 September 1901 – 7 May 1987) was a German-Jewish painter.
Biography
Meidner was born in
Berlin
Berlin ( , ) is the capital and largest city of Germany by both area and population. Its 3.7 million inhabitants make it the European Union's most populous city, according to population within city limits. One of Germany's sixteen constitue ...
and studied there between 1918 and 1925 before spending two years in Cologne.
In 1927 she married the painter
Ludwig Meidner
Ludwig Meidner (18 April 1884 – 14 May 1966) was a German expressionist painter and printmaker born in Bernstadt, Silesia. Meidner is best known for his painted, drawn, and printed portraits and landscapes, but is especially noted for h ...
and they emigrated to England in August 1939.
There Else Meidner worked as a domestic.
After
World War II
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposin ...
the couple drifted apart, both emotionally and artistically and Ludwig returned to Germany in 1952 while Else stayed in London.
In 1951 the Meidner's son, David (born 1929), emigrated to Israel.
Else returned to Germany in 1963 to take care of the ailing Ludwig,
but eventually returned to London. She died in
London
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"Biography Else Meidner"
''Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt''. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
Career
Else Meidner exhibited in Berlin before fleeing to London, and after the war she exhibited at the
Ben Uri Gallery
The Ben Uri Gallery & Museum is a registered museum and charity based at 108a Boundary Road, off Abbey Road in St John's Wood, London, England. It features the work and lives of émigré artists in London, and describes itself as "The Art Museum ...
, London; the
Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt; the Matthiesen Gallery, London; the
Beaux Arts Gallery
Beaux Arts Gallery was a gallery at 1 Bruton Place, London, England. It was known as a preeminent center for promoting avant-garde art until its closure in 1965.
Founded and operated by portrait sculptor Frederick Lessore in 1923, the gallery wa ...
, London; and the
Leicester Gallery, London.
See also
*
List of German women artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Germany or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
A
* Louise Abel (1841–1907), German-born Norwegian photographer
*Tomma Abts (born 1967), abstract painter
* Elisabeth von Adl ...
References
External links
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1901 births
1987 deaths
20th-century German painters
20th-century German women artists
Painters from Berlin
Jewish emigrants from Nazi Germany to the United Kingdom
German Expressionist painters
German women painters
Jewish women artists