Erna Raabe
Erna Raabe, Dame von Holzhausen (1882–1938) was a German artist; known for portraits and animal paintings. She studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, from 1900 to 1902. Her primary instructor there was Wilhelm Trübner.
Also recorded as Erna Raabe von Holzhausen
Erna Raabe
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- Name
- Erna Raabe
- Born
- 8 August 1882
- Birthplace
- Opava, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 1938
- Place of death
- Greifswald, Germany
- Nationality
- Germany
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker
- Languages
- German
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Erna Raabe, Dame von Holzhausen (1882–1938) was a German artist; known for portraits and animal paintings. She studied at the Städelschule in Frankfurt am Main, from 1900 to 1902. Her primary instructor there was Wilhelm Trübner.
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After graduating, she took a trip to Italy, during which she developed a close relationship with her fellow artist, Käthe Loewenthal. In 1903, she settled in Stuttgart, where she continued her studies with Heinrich Altherr at the State Academy of Fine Arts. In 1909, Loewenthal moved there. They lived together after 1914. Sometime around 1925, they took an extended trip to China and Japan. She was a member of the Stuttgarter Sezession, and exhibited frequently until 1932. In the mid 1930s, she became seriously ill. Loewenthal cared for her and kept her paintings hidden from the Nazis. Raabe's feelings about National Socialism were never openly expressed, although the fact that Loewenthal was Jewish would certainly suggest that she was not a supporter. She succumbed to her illness in the resort city of Greifswald in 1938.
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• Name — Erna Raabe • Birth Name — Erna Raabe • Born — 8 August 1882 • Birthplace — Opava, Austria-Hungary • Died — 1938 • Place of death — Greifswald, Germany
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Erna Raabe is recorded with the occupation printmaker. Recorded as painter and printmaker.
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1882
Erna Raabe was born on 8 August 1882.
1938
Erna Raabe died on 1 January 1938.
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Raabe, Erna, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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- 1.Abweichend wird in einigen Quellen Stuttgart als Sterbeort angegeben.
- 2.Hans-Dieter Mück: Erna Raabe von Holzhausen. In: Stuttgarter Sezession.
- 3.Die Cronstett-und Hynspergische evangelische Stiftung: Ein Testament, das seit 250 Jahren Gutes tut, Frankfurt am Main, Abruf am 11. August 2026.
- 4.Claudia Weinschenk: Erna Raabe von Holzhausen. In: Käthe Loewenthal.
- 5.Carola Muysers: Erna Raabe. In: Käthe Loewenthal.
- 6.Claudia Weinschenk: Erna Raabe. In: Käthe Loewenthal.
- 7.Adrienne Braun: Wie die Nazis in Stuttgart Kunstpolitik machten. 2020.
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