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Käthe Hertwig ( 1878 - 1953)

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“Gartentor” 1914

Etching by this obscured and forgotten Leipzig artist who was involved in the organisation and interior design of the 1914 Leipzig BUGRA exhibitions in “Das Haus der Frau” pavilion. She was not represented among the exhibiting artist. How this copy ended up in London is still a puzzle but it was probably brought in the beloved belongings of (Jewish) refugees seeking shelter from the Nazis.

The portrait is her sister Doris (1882-1968), one of the first German women to graduate from university with a doctorate in Germany. Besides a political career the sisters also shared their graves. Read more in the accompanying this collection biographies book

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Dear print lover, passing-by visitor and reader:

While this new gallery-museum site is under construction (being build-up, stocked and arranged) priority must be given to first add all the represented artists in the index with works from the collection and if possible with the examples from the archives.

During construction the site is open to visitors, questions, feedback and suggestions.

Gerrie

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Read more about the artists, their lives, families and careers in the new and extensive Artist Lexicon: “DAS HAUS DER FRAU, the short biographies” accompanying this exhibition.

Hundreds of new artist biographies, a private publication in 2 Volumes written conveniently in English.

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Helene Ladstätter (1892 - 1970 Vienna)

Austrian printmaker. Although her identity (family) is still a mystery she is mentioned in an article in “the Studio Magazine” 1924, Vol. 87, page 136-137. Here she is mentioned (and praised) as “Miss H. Ladstätter”. In the article were also mentioned Dr. Emma Bormann (1887-1974) and a print entitled “Dorfstrasse”. She exhibited in 1939 together with printmakers William Giles (1872-1939), Yoshijiro Urushibara (1888-1953), Engelbert Lap (1886-1970) and others at Colnaghi Art Gallery in Bondstreet London. This firm in the 1920-30s had strong connections with the art business in America possibly explaining her prints surfacing in America. She is known by 4 (alpine) woodblock prints sold/auctioned in recent years in America and England.
She was probably a member of the “Verein für Bildende Künstlerinnen Österreichs” (VBKÖ) because in 1970 her obituary is kept in its archives

Exhibited 1947 in the Große Östereichische Kunstausstellung with (a.o.) Valerie Praschniker and Elfriede Miller-Hauenfels.