Dora Bromberger (1881–1942) was a German artist who worked primarily with watercolor and oils, painting

expressionist Expressionism is a modernist movement, initially in poetry and painting, originating in Northern Europe around the beginning of the 20th century. Its typical trait is to present the world solely from a subjective perspective, distorting it rad ...

landscapes. She was born into a family of musicians in

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, and attended art school beginning in 1912, first in Bremen, then in

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, and later in

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. Her work was shown internationally as well as in the

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and the 1928 exhibition ''Deutscher Kunst der Gegenwart'' (German Contemporary Art) in Nuremberg. Born into a Jewish family, she converted to the

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church in 1888. With the increasing influence of the

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, she was continually harassed for her religious heritage. While her brother successfully immigrated to

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in 1939, Bromberger was unable to leave the country. The painter Elisabeth Noltenius remained a close friend and supported her during this time despite interrogations by the

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. In 1941, she was deported to

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and sent to the Maly Trostenets concentration camp, where she was murdered in 1942."Revolt, They Said". www.andreageyer.info.
Retrieved 2017-07-30.

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External links

Die Bürgerstiftung für verfemte Künste mit der Sammlung Gerhard Schneider
, Solingen
museum-digital.de
Dora Bromberger: In einer südländischen Stadt, um 1918/23, Kunstmuseum Solingen {{DEFAULTSORT:Bromberger, Dora 1881 births 1942 deaths 20th-century German painters German Expressionist painters Jewish painters German modern painters German Jews who died in the Holocaust People who died in Maly Trostenets extermination camp 20th-century German women painters