Helga von Cramm
Helga Freiin von Cramm (* 1840 ; † 1919 , place of birth and death unknown) was a German-Swiss graphic artist and watercolor painter .
Life
Helga von Cramm was the first-born daughter of Wolfgang Friedrich Adolf Freiherrn von Cramm-Burchard (1812–1879).
In the late summer of 1876, Helga van Cramm met the English poet Frances Ridley Havergal in Champéry . The acquaintance turned into an intimate friendship. Between 1879 and 1880 Helga von Cramm illustrated her friend's poems. Since 1878 she exhibited her works at art exhibitions. Many of her works appeared in the form of colored postcards.
She lived in Switzerland from 1877 to 1883, with her place of residence in St. Moritz , and from 1880 to 1892 in Italy , including Florence in 1884 . In 1901 she visited London and spent her summer at the Swiss Grand Hotel Bellevue Des Alpes, high up in the Bernese Oberland Alps. “As a reminder of wonderfully passed days” she presented the hotelier Adolf Seiler with a painting she had made there, which can still be admired in room number 47 of the Grand Hotel. In 1910 she visited the Portuguese island of Madeira . She also worked as a watercolor painter in Germany .
literature
- Frances Ridley Havergal: Life chords: comprising 'Zenith', 'Loyal responses', and other poems : Illustrated by Helga von Cramm: New York: ADF Randolph, 1881
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| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Cramm, Helga von |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Cramm, Helga Freiin von |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Swiss painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1840 |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1919 |