Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann (born 1904 in

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; died 1995 in

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) was a German painter. She was born in Duisburg as the daughter of an old family of merchants. An ancestor on her father's side was a draughtsman at the court of the

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. Directly after secondary education she followed painting classes. Although she was influenced by expressionism and abstract art, her admiration for the old masters let her concentrate on realistic art. A long journey in Italy confirmed her opinion. She has painted many landscapes and children's portraits. Besides painting, she created sceneries for many plays and operas for some stages in western Germany. After her marriage with the painter

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in 1925, she lived at

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near

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and worked there for a year. The young couple then lived for five years at

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near

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. There, a son and a daughter were born. Returning to Germany, they settled for good in Düsseldorf. In 1938 she organized a big exhibition of her works in several towns of the

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. In 1955 she contributed to the first International Exhibition of the Peintres de la réalité in Paris.

References

* Werner Schramm, Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann, Otto Brües: ''Werner Schramm und Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann''. Ratingen 1965, ASIN: B0000BNIBW * Werner Schramm, Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann, Otto Brües: ''Werner Schramm und Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann (2nd edition)''. Ratingen 1976 * Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann: ''Werner Schramm, Liselotte Heckmann - Bühnenbilder und Figurinen 1920-1925''. 1991, * Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann: ''Jugenderinnerungen'' in Bernd Braumüller: ''Draeger - Valette, Zwei Berliner Familien und Ihre Nachkommen''. Rotenburg 2000 1904 births 1995 deaths 20th-century German painters 20th-century German women painters {{Germany-painter-stub