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Alice Michaelis
Alice Michaelis (née Alice Sara Priester; 5 April 1875 – 23 June 1943) was a German Jewish painter and educator. She was known for paintings of still lifes, interiors, and landscapes. Michaelis was a Holocaust victim. Early life and education Alice Sara Priester was born on 5 April 1875 in Berlin, German Empire (now Germany), to Jewish parents Flora (née Eyck), and merchant Moritz Priester. She studied art at the Berlin painting schools of Max Uth, Hans Baluschek, Lovis Corinth, and classes the Association of Berlin Women Artists. On 15 October 1899, she married banker Louis Israel Michaelis. They lived in the Schöneberg quarter of Berlin at Speyerer Straße 2. Career and late life Michaelis was an active member of the Association of Women Artists of Berlin, from 1911 to 1934 and held leadership positions. Michaelis was also a member of the General German Art Association, the Reich Association of Fine Artists in Germany, and Munich Artists' Association. Death O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
German Empire
The German Empire (),; ; World Book, Inc. ''The World Book dictionary, Volume 1''. World Book, Inc., 2003. p. 572. States that Deutsches Reich translates as "German Realm" and was a former official name of Germany. also referred to as Imperial Germany, the Second Reich or simply Germany, was the period of the German Reich; . from the unification of Germany in 1871 until the German revolution of 1918–1919, November Revolution in 1918, when the German Reich changed its form of government from a monarchy to a Weimar Republic, republic. The German Empire consisted of States of the German Empire, 25 states, each with its own nobility: four constituent Monarchy, kingdoms, six Grand duchy, grand duchies, five Duchy, duchies (six before 1876), seven Principality, principalities, three Free imperial city, free Hanseatic League, Hanseatic City-state, cities, and Alsace–Lorraine, one imperial territory. While Prussia was one of four kingdoms in the realm, it contained about two-thirds ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
