Lot 483: Hertha Spielberg Altona 1890 - Großhansdorf 1977

Hertha Spielberg
Altona 1890 - Großhansdorf 1977
Doll and Phoenix
Oil/paper, 61 x 43 cm, on the reverse estate stamp with no. 565, rest., matted a. framed under glass.- German paintress, worked mainly as portrait painter. S. was pupil of the Altona a. the Hamburg schools of applied arts under A. Illies. Thereafter she studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière in Paris under C. Castelucho with whom she remained friends for the rest of her life. She travelled Italy, France, Sweden a. the Netherlands. Her later work was influenced by E. Hartmann. - Lit.: Der Neue Rump, Heydorn, Dreyer (Cat. rais.) a. others.