Elisabeth Epstein

Elisabeth Epstein
study of Elisabeth Epstein by August Macke, 1912
Born
Elisabeth Ivanowna Hefter

(1879-02-27)27 February 1879
Zhytomyr, Russia (later Ukraine)
Died22 January 1956(1956-01-22) (aged 76)
Geneva, Switzerland
NationalityRussian
Known forPainting
MovementDer Blaue Reiter
Spouse
Meizyslaw Epstein
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(m. 1898; divorced in 1911)​

Elisabeth Ivanowna Epstein (1879–1956) was a Russian painter.

Biography

Epstein née Hefter was born on 27 February 1879 in Zhytomyr, Russian Empire (now Ukraine).[1] Her family moved to Moscow, then she located to Munich.[2] In 1898 she married Meizyslaw Epstein, with whom she has one child. Their son Alexander was born in Munich on 28 March 1899. The couple divorced in 1911. In Munich she studied with Anton Ažbe, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Wassily Kandinsky. She also attended the salons hosted by fellow artist Marianne von Werefkin.[3] Her work was included in the first Neue Künstlervereinigung München exhibit in 1911.[4]

Around 1907 Epstein moved to Paris and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne. While living in Paris Epstein introduced Kandinsky and Franz Marc to the French art world, and also facilitated the inclusion of the French painter Robert Delaunay's work in the traveling Der Blaue Reiter exhibition of 1911.[3][5]

She died on 22 January 1956 in Geneva, Switzerland.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Elisabeth Epstein". RKD. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Elisabeth Epstein. Paysage. 1918. Öl auf Leinwand". Kollerauktionen. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ a b Reinhardt, Hildegard (2017). "Elisabeth Epstein:: Moscow–Munich–Paris–Geneva, Waystations of a Painter and Mediator of the French-German Cultural Transfer". In Tanja Malycheva; Isabel Wünsche (eds.). Marianne Werefkin and the Women Artists in Her Circle. Brill. pp. 165–174. JSTOR 10.1163/j.ctt1w8h0q1.18.
  4. ^ "Epstein-Hefter, Élisabeth". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00059305. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7.
  5. ^ Gollek, Rosel (1982). Der Blaue Reiter im Lenbachhaus München: Katalog d. Sammlung in d. Städt. Galerie. p. 274. ISBN 3791305689.
  6. ^ "Epstein-Hefter, Elisabeth". SIKART Dictionary and database. Retrieved 8 August 2020.