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Cläre (M.C = Marie Claire) Schmidt-Weissenberg, known by just a handful of colour woodblocks is an obscured Dresden printmaker. She was probably the daughter (or wife) of Dr. Kurt Schmidt a neurologist and sanatorium director in Colmnitz near Dresden. The Weissenberg could be added to the common “Schmidt” family name for “distinguishing” reasons.
A print (surfacing in America) showing Bald Head Cliff in York (Maine - America) suggests she visited the USA.
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M.C. (Marie Claire ?) Cläre Schmidt-Weissenberg
Painter and printmaker. Known by 4 colour woodblock prints. The signature reads M.C. Schmidt-Weissenberg (Marie Claire ?). She may have been the wife (or possibly his sister) of Dr. Kurt Schmidt (Colmnitz near Dresden 22-04-1866- in or after 1932) who lived/worked in 1932 at the same address.
She obviously travelled to America’s West coast, possibly even emigrated.
Read more in “Das HAUS der Frau”, Volume I.
