Marie Davids Explained

Marie Davids
Birth Date:5 March 1847
Birth Place:Rendsburg, Duchy of Holstein
Death Date:1905
Death Place:Berlin, Germany
Nationality:German

Marie Davids (1847 - 1905)[1] was a German painter.

Life

Davids was born in Rendsburg and became a pupil of Alexander Struys. She was active in Berlin and created mainly portraits. In 1896 and 1904 she exhibited at the International Exhibition.[2] Only in 1889 she was mentioned in the Berliner Addressbuch (Berlin directory) in Bülowstraße 21. 1897 she moved to Nollenorfstraße 10. Her last studio was in Berlin-Tiergarten, .[3] Her work Portrait of Fräulein von Sydow was included in the book Women Painters of the World.[4] Marie Davids stayed unmarried.

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: INTERNATIONAL ARTISTS INDEX - Art DIRECTORY - Connection to the World of Art.
  2. http://oxfordindex.oup.com/view/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00047357 Maria Davids
  3. Berliner Adressbuch 1889-1905
  4. http://www.gutenberg.org/files/39000/39000-h/39000-h.htm Women Painters of the World