Bertha Zillessen

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Bertha Maria Clara Zillessen (born October 17, 1872 in Rheydt , † January 13, 1936 in Bautzen ) was a German landscape painter and art photographer.

Photo from Neusorge Castle

Life

Bertha Zillessen came from a pastor's family and was the daughter of the Protestant-Reformed pastor, publisher and publisher of the teachers' newspaper Friedrich Zillessen (1837-1915). The family lived in Berlin since 1887.

After an often interrupted apprenticeship as a photographer, she moved to Bautzen with her friend Marga Karow in 1907 and opened her own photo studio and the Bertha Zillessen Bautzen publishing house . At first she lived mainly from taking portraits in private homes. She became known through her collaboration with homeland security associations . In her publishing house she published postcards of the Saxon Homeland Security and German Heimatbilder , which ensured that her works were widely distributed, especially in Saxony . She also produced a series of postcards for the Pomeranian Homeland Security.

The Bautzen City Museum has an extensive collection of their recordings.

Web links

Commons : Bertha Zillessen  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Die Frau: Monthly for the entire women's life of our time. 44 (1937)
  2. ^ Pomeranian Heimatschutz postcards. Greifswald (surroundings). 12 rotogravure cards based on original photos by Bertha Zillessen. On behalf of the Federal Homeland Security, Pomeranian Regional Association. Bautzen: Bertha Zillessen around 1924.
  3. ^ Photo collections in Saxony: Stadtmuseum Bautzen , accessed on September 8, 2011
personal data
SURNAME Zillessen, Bertha
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zillessen, Bertha Maria Clara (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German landscape painter and art photographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 17, 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Rheydt
DATE OF DEATH January 13, 1936
Place of death Bautzen