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Hedwig Lewenstein
Hedwig Lewenstein-Weyermann (October 11, 1875 in Bonn - May 20, 1937 in Amsterdam) was a German Jewish art collector. Family life Born in Bonn, into a German Jewish family, Hedwig Weyermann was the daughter of Gottschalk Weyermann and Mina Oppenheimer. She married the Dutch art collector Emanuel Albert Lewenstein (December 5, 1870 – 10 June 10,1930), and they had two children Robert (October 30, 1905 in Amsterdam - 1975 in Ohio, USA) and Wilhelmine Lewenstein. Lewenstein-Weyermann had two siblings, Victor (born August 6, 1872) and Mathilde Citroen (Weijermann, also known as "Weyermann" (February 3, 1874 in Bonn - September 24, 1946 in Heemstede). Lewenstein-Weyermann's husband Emanuel died in 1930, and she died in 1937. Nazi persecution When Nazi Germany invaded the Netherlands in 1940, the German and Dutch Lewenstein family was persecuted because of their Jewish heritage. Lewenstein-Weyermann's daughter Wilhelmine emigrated with her husband José da Silva via the Netherla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Emanuel Lewenstein
Emanuel Albert Lewenstein (5 December 1870 – 10 June 1930) was a Dutch-Jewish art collector. Early life Emanuel Albert Lewenstein was born in Amsterdam on 5 December 1870, the son of German-Jewish Adolph Lewenstein and Dutch-Jewish Lea Joachimsthal from Amsterdam. His parents founded the Sewingmachinetrade A. Lewenstein (Dutch: Naaimachinehandel v/h A. Lewenstein) in Amsterdam in 1868 and designed the famous sewingmachine Lewenstein. Their daughters Rosa and Betty Lewenstein ensured that the company grew into one of the largest supply companies for the clothing industry in the Netherlands. Rosa (Amsterdam, April 4, 1872) was murdered in Auschwitz, but Betty (Amsterdam, Jan 25, 1880) survived the shoa. Art collector Emanuel Albert Lewenstein was their older brother. Kandinsky's ''Das Bunte Leben'' Lewenstein bought Wassily Kandinsky's oil painting '' Das Bunte Leben'' (The Colourful Life) immediately after it was created in 1907. After his death, his widow Hedwig loaned it to A ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |