Sophie Ley (1849–1918) was a German painter. Ley was born in 1849 in Bodmann am Bodensee,

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. She studied painting with Hans Gude and at the Academia Artium Stuttgardens. She also studied with Eugen Bracht at the

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. Ley exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. She was a member of the (Stuttgart Artists' Association). Ley died in 1918 in

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Ley, Sophie 1849 births 1918 deaths 19th-century German painters 20th-century German painters 20th-century German women painters 19th-century German women painters