Valeska Röver (6 February 1849 – 31 March 1931) was a German painter. Röver started an art school for women in her home town of Hamburg.

Life

Röver was born in

Hamburg (male), (female) en, Hamburger(s), Hamburgian(s) , timezone1 = Central (CET) , utc_offset1 = +1 , timezone1_DST = Central (CEST) , utc_offset1_DST = +2 , postal ...

in 1849. She was a student of the impressionist Franz Skarbina and she took lessons in Paris at the

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. She is known for starting an art school for women in Hamburg. At the time women were banned from existing art schools. Her students included Gerda Koppel and

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and the teachers at her school included

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and

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She painted still lifes of flowers and fruits. Valeska Röver was also commissioned to create embroidered hangings behind the chairs of the mayor in the council chamber (Senate enclosure) of the Hamburg City Hall and the president in the

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. She also created altar vestments for St. James' Church in Hamburg.

Thieme-Becker Thieme-Becker is a German biographical dictionary of artists. Thieme-Becker The dictionary was begun under the editorship of Ulrich Thieme (1865–1922) (volumes one to fifteen) and Felix Becker (1864–1928) (volumes one to four). It was complet ...

− Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, 28. Band: Ramsden−Rosa, Leipzig 1934, Reprint München 1992, , S. 509.

References

1849 births 1931 deaths Artists from Hamburg German women painters Embroiderers {{Germany-painter-stub