Lilli Wislicenus
Lilli Wislicenus, born Elisabeth Emma Charlotte Finzelberg (1872–1939) was a German sculptor.
Also recorded as Lilli Wislicenus-Finzelberg
Lilli Wislicenus

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- Name
- Lilli Wislicenus
- Birth Name
- Elisabeth Emma Charlotte Finzelberg
- Born
- 5 November 1872
- Birthplace
- Andernach, Germany
- Died
- 14 December 1939
- Place of death
- Berlin
- Nationality
- German Reich
- Occupation
- sculptor
- Fields
- art of sculpture
- Languages
- German
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Lilli Wislicenus, born Elisabeth Emma Charlotte Finzelberg (1872–1939) was a German sculptor.
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• Name — Lilli Wislicenus • Birth Name — Elisabeth Emma Charlotte Finzelberg • Born — 5 November 1872 • Birthplace — Andernach, Germany • Died — 14 December 1939 • Place of death — Berlin • Illustration — Europa Being Abducted by a Bull
Biography
Biography
Wislicenus née Finzelberg was born in 1872 in Andernach. For a time she lived with her uncle, the painter Hermann Wislicenus in Duesseldorf. She attended the Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin). She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. In 1896 she married her cousin, the German painter Hans Wislicenus (1864–1939). Wislicenus died in 1939 in Berlin, Germany.
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• Illustration — Sculpture on Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia • Illustration — Mark on sculpture on Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia • Illustration — Portrait on the tombstone on Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia • Illustration — Mark on the portrait on Vvedenskoye Cemetery, Moscow, Russia
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1872
Lilli Wislicenus was born on 5 November 1872.
1920
Bust of Ernst Albert Schmidt is dated 1920.
1939
Lilli Wislicenus died on 14 December 1939.
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The authorities additionally record the heading Lilli Wislicenus-Finzelberg. Her recorded language was German. She married Hans Wislicenus. Other recorded relations include Hermann Wislicenus and Hans Wislicenus. Recorded with the occupation sculptor. Recorded as a citizen of German Reich.
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Bust of Ernst Albert Schmidt
1920
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