Maria von Knapp

Maria von Knapp (born June 5, 1867 in Barmen , today a district of Wuppertal ; † September 26, 1932 there ) was a German painter.

Life

Maria Helene von Knapp initially took private lessons with Otto Rethel in Düsseldorf and in 1893 switched to Adolf Hölzel in Dachau , where she stayed until 1907. Afterwards she worked in Gardone near Brescia on Lake Garda . Finally she returned to Barmen, where she died. She created mostly landscapes, but also still lifes and portraits.

Works (selection)

Summer day in Dachau , 1900
Wide Eifel landscape with maar , 1911, oil / canvas, 53 × 70 cm (art trade)
Portrait of my father and motif from the Dachauer Moor
Portrait of a lady , 50 × 49 cm; signed lower right: MvK (Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal)
Portrait of a toddler with a hat , watercolor, 49.5 × 41 cm (art trade)
Bouquet of flowers , oil / wood, 40 × 30 cm (art trade)

literature

Knapp, Maria von . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 68 .
Bruckmann's Lexicon of Munich Art . Munich painter in the 19th century. Volume 2, Bruckmann, Munich 1982
Hans Paffrath / Kunstmuseum Düsseldorf (Hrsg.): Lexicon of the Düsseldorf School of Painting . Vol. 2, Bruckmann, Munich 1998, ISBN 3-7654-3010-2 , appendix

Web links

Maria von Knapp. Biographical data and works in the Netherlands Institute for Art History (Dutch)

Individual evidence

↑ Illustration: Münchner Maler II, s. literature
↑ Figure: The Rhineland III.1 (1903)
↑ Ulrike Becks-Malorny: The art association in Barmen 1866-1946. Civil patronage between the German Empire and National Socialism . Born, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-87093-060-8 , Fig .: "Lady portrait", (Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal); Jenny Mues: Art associations as mediating bodies of modernity during the Weimar Republic . Dissertation Ludwig Maximilians University Munich 2018, p. 188, note 1039 ( digitized version ).

personal data
SURNAME	Knapp, Maria von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Knapp, Maria Helene von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German painter
DATE OF BIRTH	June 5, 1867
PLACE OF BIRTH	Barmen
DATE OF DEATH	September 26, 1932
Place of death	Barmen

[1] Illustration: Münchner Maler II, s. literature

[2] Figure: The Rhineland III.1 (1903)

[3] Ulrike Becks-Malorny: The art association in Barmen 1866-1946. Civil patronage between the German Empire and National Socialism . Born, Wuppertal 1992, ISBN 3-87093-060-8 , Fig .: "Lady portrait", (Von der Heydt-Museum, Wuppertal); Jenny Mues: Art associations as mediating bodies of modernity during the Weimar Republic . Dissertation Ludwig Maximilians University Munich 2018, p. 188, note 1039 ( digitized version ).