About Barbara Raetsch
Lived 1936 – 2025 (aged 89). Barbara Raetsch was a German painter and photographer.
Barbara Raetsch (21 October 1936 – 10 November 2025) was a German painter.
After finishing secondary school, she worked as a horticultural assistant before settling in Potsdam with her husband. She was a member of the from 1977 to 1990 and used her converted cemetery and chapel in Potsdam as a studio and apartment until 2013. In 2021, she received the Honorary Prize of the Minister-President of the State of Brandenburg, Dietmar Woidke. Throughout her life, she was known as one of Potsdam's most influential artists.
Raetsch died on 10 November 2025, at the age of 89.
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Who was Barbara Raetsch?
German painter (born 1936)
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Barbara Raetsch was born on 21 October 1936 in Pirna.
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Barbara Raetsch died on 10 November 2025.
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Barbara Raetsch was a painter and photographer.
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Barbara Raetsch was German.
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