Charlotte Weiss

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
This article or the following section is not adequately provided with supporting documents ( e.g. individual evidence ). Information without sufficient evidence could be removed soon. Please help Wikipedia by researching the information and including good evidence.

Charlotte Weiss (born June 24, 1870 in Basel ; † December 29, 1961 in Herrliberg ) was a Swiss painter .

Life

After training at the Basel School of Applied Arts , Weiss moved to Paris for further training . She was a student of Henri Matisse and Fernand Léger . She stayed in Paris until the outbreak of World War I. Then she returned to Switzerland and settled in Herrliberg , where she joined the Mazdaznan movement. Her early work was shaped by Cubism , when she returned to Switzerland she turned to a painting style influenced by Fauvism .

personal data
SURNAME Weiss, Charlotte
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 24, 1870
PLACE OF BIRTH Basel
DATE OF DEATH December 29, 1961
Place of death Herrliberg