Bertha Schrader Explained

Bertha Schrader
Birth Date:11 June 1845
Birth Place:Memel, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Place:Dresden, Weimar Republic
Nationality:German
Field:Painting

Bertha Schrader (11 June 1845 – 11 May 1920) was a German painter, lithographer, and woodblock print-maker.[1]

Biography

Schrader was born on 11 June 1845 in Memel, Lithuania.[2] She studied with Carl Graeb's son Paul Graeb (1842-1892) in Berlin, and with Paul Baum (1854-1932) in Dresden.[2] From 1882 to 1916 Schrader was a member of the Verein der Berliner Künstlerinnen (Association of Berlin Artists) where she exhibited her paintings. She was also a member of the Dresden Women Artists Association, serving as the chairwoman.[3]

She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[4]

Schrader died on 11 May 1920 in Dresden.[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Bertha Schrader . RKD . 2 December 2018 . en.
  2. Web site: Schrader, Bertha . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . Oxford University Press . 2 December 2018 . en . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00164983 . 31 October 2011.
  3. Web site: Bertha Schrader: mother of all women printmakers? . The Linosaurus . 2 December 2018 . 5 September 2014.
  4. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 2 December 2018.