Minna Stocks (1846-1928) was a German painter known for her animal paintings.

Biography

Stocks was born on 24 June 1846 in

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, Germany. She studied with

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, and Jeanna Bauck. She exhibited her work at the

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at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Stocks died on 11 November 1928 in Hinzenhagen, Germany.

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images of Stocks' work
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