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Sabine Lepsius (15 January 1864 – 22 November 1942) was a
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Sabine Lepsius (15 January 1864 – 22 November 1942) was a German
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portrait painter.
Life
She was born in Berlin as the daughter of portrait painter Gustav Graef and Franziska Liebreich (1824–1893), alithographer
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. She studied with her father and, in 1892, married the painter Reinhold Lepsius
Reinhold Lepsius (14 June 1857 – 16 March 1922) was a German painter, especially of portraits, and graphic artist.
Biography
He was born in Berlin, the son of Karl Richard Lepsius (1810–1884), professor at the Frederick William University ...
. She and her husband were held in equal regard and were very popular with the business community and the wealthy. Her brother was the art historian Botho Graef.
She was also a close friend and follower of Stefan George
Stefan Anton George (; 12 July 18684 December 1933) was a German symbolist poet and a translator of Dante Alighieri, William Shakespeare, Hesiod, and Charles Baudelaire. He is also known for his role as leader of the highly influential literary ...
. Her son Stefan (1897–1917), who was killed in World War I, was named after him. In 1935 she published a book about their friendship in which she attributed her brother Botho's fatal heart attack to the news of her son's death.
Lepsius exhibited her work at the Woman's Building
The Woman's Building was a non-profit arts and education center located in Los Angeles, California. The Woman's Building focused on feminist art and served as a venue for the women's movement and was spearheaded by artist Judy Chicago, graphic de ...
at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition
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in Chicago, Illinois.
Her salon in Berlin-Westend
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was considered a major social gathering point. Georg Simmel, Wilhelm Dilthey, August Endell
August Endell (1871–1925) was a designer, writer, teacher, and German architect. He was one of the founders of the Jugendstil movement, the German counterpart of Art Nouveau. His first marriage was with Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.
Life
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and Rainer Maria Rilke were among those who attended. She was one of the founding members of the Berlin Secession
The Berlin Secession was an art movement established in Germany on May 2, 1898. Formed in reaction to the Association of Berlin Artists, and the restrictions on contemporary art imposed by Kaiser Wilhelm II, 65 artists "seceded," demonstrating ag ...
and exhibited with them until 1913.
Most of her approximately 280 portraits were of people in the Jewish community and were lost or destroyed during World War II.A. Rittmann: ''Sabine Lepsius'', in: AKL, 2014, S. 175
Lepsius died in 1942 in Bayreuth.
Writings
* ''Vom deutschen Lebensstil''; Leipzig: Seemann & Co. 1916 * ''Stefan George : Geschichte einer Freundschaft''. Berlin: Verlag Die Runde 1935 * ''Ein Berliner Künstlerleben um die Jahrhundertwende'' :Erinnerungen; Munich: G. Müller 1972See also
*List of German women artists
This is a list of women artists who were born in Germany or whose artworks are closely associated with that country.
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* Louise Abel (1841–1907), German-born Norwegian photographer
*Tomma Abts (born 1967), abstract painter
* Elisabeth von Adl ...
References
Further reading
* Irmgard Wirth: ''Berliner Malerei im 19. Jahrhundert''; Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, , pg.349. * Ruth Glatzer: ''Das Wilhelminische Berlin''; Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1997, , pg.192. * Annette Dorgerloh: ''Das Künstlerehepaar Lepsius. Zur Berliner Porträtmalerei um 1900''. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003,Digitalized
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* Annette Dogerloh: Sabine Lepsius. In: Britta Jürgs: ''Denn da ist nichts mehr, wie es die Natur gewollt. Portraits von Künstlerinnen und Schriftstellerinnen um 1900.'' AvivA Verlag, Berlin, 2001, ; pgs.216-232
External links
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