Susanne Philippine von Nathusius (2 May 1850, in

Königsborn Königsborn is a village and a former municipality in the Jerichower Land district, in Saxony-Anhalt, Germany. Since 1 January 2010, it is part of the municipality Biederitz. It is a spa near Magdeburg, Germany, immediately to the North of the tow ...

– 30 December 1929, in Nietleben, near Halle) was a German portrait painter who worked in Halle and Paris.

Biography

She was the third of six children born to the biologist Wilhelm von Nathusius and his wife, Marie and grew up in the family manor at Königsborn, where she received her education from tutors.Lilly von Nathusius: Susanne Philippine von Nathusius. In: ''Johann Gottlob Nathusius und seine Nachkommen sowie sein Neffe Moritz Nathusius mit seinen Nachkommen'' (Family Chronicle), Detmold 1964 Later, she studied at the

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under . She also took lessons with

Karl Stauffer-Bern Karl Stauffer, known as Karl Stauffer-Bern (2 September 1857, Trubschachen – 24 January 1891, Florence) was a Swiss painter, etcher and sculptor. Life His father was a curate and pastor in Bern. He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Mun ...

and received support from .G. Warnstorff, ''Susanne von Nathusius zum Gedächtnis. Zu ihrem 80. Geburtstag am 2. Mai'', in: ''Hallische Nachrichten'' (Supplement) 30 April 1930, Halle She was a friend and regular guest of the sculptor brothers

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and

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. She continued her studies in Paris at the

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, where her teachers included

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, Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran 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 studi ...

. Upon completing her studies, she worked as a portrait painter in Berlin; exhibiting there and in Paris. Eventually, though, she decided to establish herself in Halle. In 1880, she held her first major exhibition at the

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. In 1891, she took part in an exhibition organized by the on the occasion of their fiftieth anniversary. In 1893, one of her paintings was shown in the Woman's Building at the

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in Chicago.''Columbische Weltausstellung in Chicago. Amtlicher Katalog der Ausstellung des deutschen Reiches'', Reichskommission zur Weltausstellung in Chicago 1893 (Eds.), Reichsdruckerei 189
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/ref> That same year, she began participating in the Paris

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, where she won a silver medal for her portrayal of a

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n shoemaker smoking his pipe. At the beginning of

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, she had to abandon her studio in Paris. During the war, she remained in Halle, where she became involved in the "National Women's Work" program; establishing a sewing room that offered employment opportunities for military wives and widows. Among her best-known works are a series of portraits of Professors at the

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and several military figures, including

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and her younger brother, . She died after a long stay at a nursing home in Nietleben. She was originally buried near

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but, when the cemetery there was closed, she was transferred to the family plot in Althaldensleben.

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