Anita Rée - Weisse Bäume (1922)
Summary
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.
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Date
1922
Source
Villa Grisebach, Berlin 25 November 2011, lot 336 via ARCADJA auction results
Copyright info
Public Domain