Anita Rée Selbstportrait - Public domain portrait drawing

Anita Ree is one of the most eminent artists of Hamburg. She began as pupil of A. Siebelist, one of the most important painting teachers in Hamburg at that time. Since 1910 she shared a studio with F. Nölken and F. Ahlers-Hestermann. In 1912 she took lessons with F. Léger in Paris. Ree was co-founder of the Hamburg secession and the 'Gedok'. She was also a sought-after portrait painter. Being harassed by the Nazis she died isolated on the island of Sylt in 1933.