'Die Malweiber'

'Die Malweiber, Unerschrockene Künstlerinnen um 1900'

by Katja Behling and Anke Manigold

Women with artistic ambitions - mostly from the middle
class - have been denied admission to the painting schools, but that
did not stop them living out their passions. Many female painters
around 1900 were artistically and personally connected with artists'
colonies, where it was easier to break free from traditional female
roles. But because of their creative ambitions and their unconventional
lifestyle, they were derided as 'Malweiber'. This book presents the
life and works of known 'Malweiber' from Germany, Austria
and Switzerland. It is in German.

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Take a look inside the book here

'Die Malweibern' - a derogatory nickname - on their
way out in nature to paint - with their easels, brushes
and palettes. Please, go to Galerie 'Der Panther' and
learn more about each of the 'Die Malweiber' artists.
It is in German...

Clara Arnheim (1865-1942), was one of
the Hiddenseer so-called 'Malweibern'
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The young girl in the front was also known as a
'Malweiber'. Her name is the Margarethe von Reinken
(1877–1962). Here she is sitting together with her
family in Germany in 1890
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A self-portrait made by Paula Modersohn-Becker.
Paula Modersohn-Becker (1876-1907) took private
instruction in painting. In 1896 she participated in a
course for painting and drawing sponsored by the 'Verein
der Berliner Künstlerinnen' (Union of Berlin Female
Artists) which offered art studies to women
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This photo is from Eure Silvermedusa's blog and
her post about her great-grandmother the artist
Josefa Haeckel - a 'Malweiber' - read it here


Elizabeth Büchsel (1867-1957), was also one of
the Hiddenseer 'Malweibern'
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The Hiddenseer artist Mathilde Kliefert-Gießen (1887-1978).
What a wonderful portrait! I saw an exhibition
catalogue about her art here
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Mathilde Kliefert-Gießen:
'Summer Landscape'

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The German painter Toni Elster (1862–1948).
Like other female painters from Bremen she came
from a wealthy family. It is believed she started to
paint after a long period of illness and found the love for
nature painting while travelling in Spain, Italy, France
and Switzerland. Together she and her artist friend
Marie Stumpe (1877–1946) periodically went to the
artists' colony Künstlerkolonie Dötlingen
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by Toni Elster

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Marie Stumpe (1877-1946): 'Hunte bei Dötlingen'
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From Künstlerkolonie Dötlingen, 1905
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The 'Malweiber' arist Anna Peters at the easel,
a portrait of made by her artist sister
Pietronella Peters, ca. 1870
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Anna Feldhusen (1857-1951): Self-Portrait, 1899

Even as a young girl, Anna Feldhusen wanted to be an
artist. She was a student of Maximilian Dasio (1865-1954)
and Oskar Graf (1870-1955) and she too, often went to
Künstlerkolonie Dötlingen during the summer months
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Anna Feldhausen
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