Gertrud Berger
Gertrud Berger | |
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 her grave | |
| Born | 15 December 1870 |
| Died | 26 December 1949 (aged 79) |
| Nationality | German |
| Known for | painter of landscapes and still life |
Gertrud Berger (15 December 1870 – 26 December 1949) was a German painter of landscapes and still life associated with the town of Greifswald.
Life
Berger was born in 1870[1] in Bergen auf Rügen. She was the second child of Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Tiburtius and her husband Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand Berger, a lawyer and notary. She was baptized on 1 February 1871 at her home by the deacon of the St Mary's Church (Bergen), Bublitz.
Gertrud Berger studied in Berlin where she was a student of Max Uth, L. Meyer, and Ernst Kolbe (1876-1945).[2] Her subjects were landscapes and still lifes. Afterwards she lived and worked in Greifswald.[2]
Berger died in Greifswald in 1949, and her tombstone is in the Greifswald New Cemetery.[1]
Works
- Portrait of a Child
- On the coast
- Dorfstrasse in Wieck near Greifswald
- Sailing ship in front of pine-covered cliffs
- Domstrasse in Greifswald
- North German landscape with windmill and goatherd
- Sailing ship off Usedom
Kaffeetisch
References
- ^ a b Ngschweng (2011-04-14), Deutsch: Aufgenommen am 14.04.2011 auf dem Greifswalder Neuen Friedhof, retrieved 2020-01-25
- ^ a b "Berger, Gertrud (1876 Bergen / Rügen - 1950 Greifswald)". Tissimo. 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2020.