Marga von Amburger

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“Red, pink and white roses artistically designed in a green vase” - oil / canvas 54 × 50 cm, signed lower right and dated 1910

Marga (Margaretha) von Amburger (* 1878 in St. Petersburg , † 1961 in Berlin ) was a painter in Berlin-Charlottenburg , where she lived and worked from 1901 until her death.

Life

Marga von Amburger was the daughter of the German doctor Gustav Amburger (1840–1895) and Anna Amburger, born in St. Petersburg. Baroness of Reischach († 1924). After her father's death, she moved to Berlin-Charlottenburg with her mother in 1901 and began training as a painter with Walter Leistikow and Leo von König, among others . In 1903 she married the lawyer Carl Groening, from whom she was divorced in 1906.

Create

Marga von Amburger primarily created atmospheric landscapes and still lifes. She belonged to the Association of Visual Artists (WVbK) in Berlin.

Marga von Amburger - Landscape, undated (probably around 1900), 38 × 47 cm, chalk on paper, signed. It is probably an early work by the painter.

Works

In addition to numerous still lifes and landscapes that she created, in 1931 she received the commission for the work “BZ am Mittag” from “BZ am Mittag”, the first German tabloid. Newspaper seller on Potsdamer Platz ”, which is now in the Journalists' Club on the 19th floor of the Axel Springer high-rise in Berlin: the painting is visible in the background.

Journalists Club in the Axel Springer high-rise: the painting “Newspaper Seller” from 1931 in the background

literature

  • Erik Amburger: Germans in the state, economy and society of Russia. Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3-447-02571-9
  • Max Osborn: Handbook of the art market. Antiqua Verlagsgesellschaft Hermann Kalkoff, Berlin 1926
  • Willy Oskar Dressler (ed.): Dressler's art manual. Second volume - fine arts, Verlag Karl Curtius, Berlin 1930

Individual evidence

  1. ^ A b Erik Amburger: Germans in the State, Economy and Society of Russia - The Amburger Family in St. Petersburg 1770 - 1920 . Otto Harrassowitz, Wiesbaden 1986, ISBN 3-447-02571-9 .
  2. ^ Detlef Lorenz: Pictures in the press - press illustrators and press illustrations in the Berlin of the Weimar Republic . 1st edition. Lukas Verlag, Berlin 2019, ISBN 978-3-86732-308-6 , pp. 35 .
  3. ↑ Max Osborn (ed.): Handbook of the art market . Antiqua Verlagsgesellschaft Hermann Kalkoff, Berlin 1926.
  4. ↑ 130 years of BZ BZ, October 2, 2007, accessed on June 1, 2020 .
  5. ↑ @kunsthandelhagemeier What a wonderful surprise to see the painting - Imgund. Retrieved June 1, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Amburger, Marga von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Amburger, Margaretha von (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1878
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Petersburg
DATE OF DEATH 1961
Place of death Berlin