Else Meidner
Else Meidner (born Else Meyer; 2 September 1901 – 7 May 1987) was a German-Jewish painter.
Also recorded as Elsa Meidner · Else Meidner-Meyer · Else Meyer
Else Meidner
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- Name
- Else Meidner
- Birth Name
- Else Meyer
- Born
- 2 September 1901
- Birthplace
- Berlin, Germany
- Died
- 7 May 1987
- Place of death
- London, United Kingdom
- Education
- School for Arts and Crafts in Berlin, Art Academy in Berlin
- Field
- Painting
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Movements
- Expressionism
- Languages
- German
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Else Meidner (born Else Meyer; 2 September 1901 – 7 May 1987) was a German-Jewish painter.
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Else Meidner (1901–1987) was an artist and painter, of German nationality. The artist was born in Berlin and died in London.
Activity centred on painting. The artist was associated with Expressionism.
Languages used include German. Works are held at Ben Uri Gallery, National Gallery of Victoria and Tate.
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• Name — Else Meidner • Birth Name — Else Meyer • Born — 2 September 1901 • Birthplace — Berlin, Germany • Died — 7 May 1987 • Place of death — London, United Kingdom • Education — School for Arts and Crafts in Berlin, Art Academy in Berlin • Field — Painting
Biography
Biography
Meidner was born in Berlin and studied there between 1918 and 1925 before spending two years in Cologne. In 1927 she married the painter Ludwig Meidner and they emigrated to England in August 1939. There Else Meidner worked as a domestic. After World War II the couple drifted apart, both emotionally and artistically and Ludwig returned to Germany in 1952 while Else stayed in London. In 1951 the Meidner's son, David (born 1929), emigrated to Israel. Else returned to Germany in 1963 to take care of the ailing Ludwig, but eventually returned to London. She died in London.
Career
Career
Else Meidner exhibited in Berlin before fleeing to London, and after the war she exhibited at the Ben Uri Gallery, London; the Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt; the Matthiesen Gallery, London; the Beaux Arts Gallery, London; and the Leicester Gallery, London.
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- 1.Biography Else Meidner. Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt.
- 2.W.M Schwab. Jewish Artists The Ben Uri Collection. Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd / Ben Uri Art Society. 1987. 0-85331-537-X.
- 3.Work by Else Meidner Hat. Ben Uri Collection.
- 4.Anon. (n.d.). "Biography Else Meidner" . Jüdisches Museum Frankfurt. Retrieved 7 September 2013.
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