Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen (22 August 1857–7 July 1916) was a German painter. She was known for her flower painting.
Biography
Hormuth was born on 22 August 1857 in
Heidelberg
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.
She studied painting with
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.
in 1882 she married the landscape painter
Friedrich Kallmorgen with whom she had two children. The couple belonged to the Grötzinger Art Colony.
Hormuth-Kallmorgen
exhibited her work at the
Palace of Fine Arts
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and
The Woman's Building at the 1893
World's Columbian Exposition
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in Chicago, Illinois.
In 1898 she became a board member of the ''Karlsruher Malerinnen-Vereins''. In the early 1900s she taught flower painting
In 1902 her husband accepted a position at the
Berlin University of the Arts
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and they moved to Berlin. Hormuth-Kallmorgen painted infrequently after the move.
Hormuth-Kallmorgen died on 7 July 1916 in Heidelberg
Legacy
In 1975 Grötzingen designated the Margarethe Hormuth Street in the Karlsruhe's district.
References
External links
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1857 births
1916 deaths
German artists
Artists from Heidelberg