Jenny Hoppe (1870 – 1924) was a

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painter who painted portraits, landscapes, interiors, flowers, swastikas, and still lifes in a Post-Impressionistic style.

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Hoppe was born in

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, the daughter of the designer and medallist Edouard Hoppe and the sister of the painter Cathérine Hoppe ( Ketty Hoppe), who was married to the painter Victor Gilsoul. In 1887 Jenny Hoppe married the painter

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and her work is therefore sometimes found under the name "Jenny Bernier-Hoppe". Both sisters received artistic training in the Institut Bischoffsheim in

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, which admitted women, unlike the

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.Hoppe painted portraits, landscapes, interiors, flowers and still lifes in a Post-Impressionistic style. She took part in the Brussels Salons from 1890. She also exhibited in Antwerp in 1898. Géo Bernier and Jenny Hoppe lived at Hervormingsstraat 4 in

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, in a house designed by Alban Chambon. The building has been protected since 1997. Jenny Hoppe - Kippenfamilie II

She was the mother of an ephemeral mayor of Saint-Gilles, Fernand Bernier.cf
their tomb
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In 2007 the

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featured her work in the exhibition "Vrouwelijke Zinnen".

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Artnet.com: Jenny Bernier Hoppe
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hoppe, Jenny 1870 births 1934 deaths Artists from Düsseldorf Artists from Brussels Belgian women painters German women painters Emigrants from the German Empire Immigrants to Belgium

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