Elsa Pfister-Kaufmann
Elsa Pfister-Kaufmann (born May 2, 1893 in Strasbourg ; † November 13, 1955 in Darmstadt ) was a German painter .
Life
Elsa Pfister-Kaufmann received her training at the arts and crafts schools in Strasbourg and Berlin with Leo von König and Emil Orlik and in Paris with Luc-Olivier Merson .
In 1918 she married the painter Julius Kaufmann . In 1920 they both moved to Darmstadt. In 1921 she took part as a guest at the annual exhibition of the "Darmstadt Group".
plant
Elsa Pfister-Kaufmann worked mainly as a portraitist, alongside landscape paintings and still lifes.
literature
- Pfister-Kaufmann, Elsa . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 20 : Kaufmann – Knilling . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1927, p. 18 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Stadtlexikon Darmstadt. Konrad Theiss Verlag, Stuttgart 2006, p. 708.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pfister-Kaufmann, Elsa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 2, 1893 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Strasbourg |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 13, 1955 |
| Place of death | Darmstadt |