Helene Behm
Helene BE Behm , née Schmitz, (born June 11, 1864 in Cologne , † 1942 ) was a German painter.
life and work
She was the daughter of the Cologne businessman Robert Schmitz († 1914) and his wife Mathilde nee Haeger. After studying art at the Düsseldorf School of Painting , she worked as a freelance painter and created numerous paintings, most of which are now privately owned. In 1904 she exhibited ten of her landscape paintings at the Kölnischer Kunstverein .
Helene Behm had specialized in portraits and landscape painting and had her studio in Mannheim , Heinrich-Lanz-Straße 21. In front of the house there is now a stumbling block for Henriette Wagner, who was executed in 1942.
family
She was married to the Mannheim bank director Rudolf Behm. Their son, born in 1884, was the librarian Otto Behm .
literature
- Herrmann AL Degener : Degeners Who is it? , Berlin 1935, p. 85.
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Behm, Helene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Behm, Helene BE (full name); Schmitz, Helene BE (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1864 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Cologne |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1942 |