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Auguste Schepp (1846–1905) was a German painter.


Biography

Schepp was born on 3 April 1846 in
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. She studied with Eugen Napoleon Neureuther in
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and Karl Ferdinand Sohn in
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. In 1892, Schepp settled in Munich and became a member of the Munich Secession. She exhibited her work during the Woman's Building at the 1893
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in
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, Illinois. Schepp died on 12 April 1905, in
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.


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External links

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images of Schepp's work
on ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Schepp, Auguste 1846 births 1905 deaths 19th-century German painters Artists from Wiesbaden Painters from Hesse 19th-century German women painters