Louise Pagenkopf Explained

Louise Pagenkopf
Birth Name:Louise Elisabeth Wilhelmine Pagenkopf
Birth Date:3 March 1856[1]
Birth Place:Fürstenberg/Havel, Kingdom of Prussia
Death Date: [2]
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
Nationality:German
Occupation:Painter

Louise Pagenkopf (née Louise Elisabeth Wilhelmine Pagenkopf; (3 March 1856 - 30 March 1922)) was a German female landscape and flower painter. She is most known for her watercolor paintings, which have been featured and exhibited in several national and international art expeditions.

Life

Louise Pagenkopf was born on 3 March 1856 in Fürstenberg/Havel, Kingdom of Prussia. She lived in Berlin from 1871, there she studied at The Royal School of Art in Berlin. She was a student of R. Warthemüller, Walter Leistikow and Walter Moras.[3] From 1894 to 1899 she traveled to southern Germany, Paris (1895/96) and French-speaking Switzerland. She was a member of the artists' association in Berlin.[4]

Works

Pagenkopf's landscape watercolors were featured in contemporary reviews for the lightness of their style. The watercolor April, published in color print in the in 1927, is described as follows: As a tender landscape atmosphere from the first days of April ... the whole lightness of the original wafts towards us.[5]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Louise Pagenkopf. Exhibition.univie.ac.at.
  2. Web site: Louise Pagenkopf Artist. https://web.archive.org/web/20151119100756/https://www.askart.com/artist/Louise_Pagenkopf/11059371/Louise_Pagenkopf.aspx. 2015-11-19.
  3. News: 1956-05-04. May 4th entry, p.9. 9. Star Tribune. Minneapolis, Minnesota.
  4. News: 1986-12-15. 15 Dec 1986, p.27. 27. The Journal Times. Racine, Wisconsin.
  5. April 1927 entry- Mecklenburgische Monatshefte Zeitschrift, p.9