Käte Schaller-Härlin (1877–1973) was a German painter.

Biography

Schaller-Härlin née Härlin was born on 19 October 1877 in Mangalore, India. She was the daughter of missionary parents. She moved to Germany as a young woman and attended arts and crafts school in

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and the women's academy in

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. Her teachers included

Adolf Hölzel Adolf Richard Hölzel (13 May 1853 – 17 October 1934) was a German painter. He began as a Realist, but later became an early promoter of various Modern styles, including Abstractionism. Biography Hölzel was born in Olmütz. His father was ...

and

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. She subsequently travelled through Italy, Spain, and France. She is known for her portraits and her collaborations with the architect

Martin Elsaesser Martin Elsaesser (28 May 1884 – 5 August 1957) was a German architect and professor of architecture. He is especially well known for the many churches he built. Life From 1901 to 1906, Elsaesser studied architecture at the Technical University ...

. Elsaesser designed churches and Schaller-Härlin produced wall and glass painting for the interiors. She was married for a time to the German art historian Hans-Otto Schaller. Schaller-Härlin died on 9 May 1973 in Stuttgart, Germany. In 2017 the Kunststiftung Hohenkarpfen Hausen (Hohenkarpfen Hausen Art Foundation) held a retrospective celebrating Schaller-Härlin's 140th birthday.

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