Mathilde Mueden Leisenring (1870–1949) was an American painter, mainly of portraits. Born in

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, Leisenring studied at the Art Students League of Washington and the Art Students League of New York. From 1897 to 1899 she studied in Paris; at the Académie Julian her instructors included

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, and

Jean-Jacques Henner Jean-Jacques Henner (5 March 1829 – 23 July 1905) was a French painter, noted for his use of sfumato and chiaroscuro in painting nudes, religious subjects and portraits. Biography Henner was born at Bernwiller (Alsace). He began his studies ...

. Prior to her return to the United States she showed work at the Paris Salon. In Washington she taught from 1902 until 1940 at the Corcoran School of Art. She married architect and photographer Luther Morris Leisenring around 1908. She died in Washington, D.C. Leisenring was a founding member of both the

Arts Club of Washington The Arts Club of Washington is a private club to promote the Arts in Washington, D.C. Founded by Bertha Noyes in May 1916, its first president was Henry Kirke Bush-Brown; Mathilde Mueden Leisenring was among its original members, as were Sus ...

and the

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, and she was a member of the

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as well. She won a number of prizes during her career, largely from Washington organizations. Leisenring's nephew donated a collection of close to a hundred of her works, including paintings and drawings, to the

in 2008. They served as the basis for an exhibition at the Club in 2011. Her portrait of Robert Morris, after an original by

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Leisenring, Mathilde Muesen 1870 births 1949 deaths American portrait painters 20th-century American painters 20th-century American women painters Art Students League of New York alumni Académie Julian alumni Corcoran School of the Arts and Design faculty