Edith Galliner

Edith Marguerite Galliner, née Goldschmidt, (1914–2000) was an Anglo-German artist who painted in acrylic and produced pottery, collages and etchings. Galliner was born in England but grew up in Germany only to return to England when the Nazi Party came to power in 1933. After the Second World War she divided her time between Britain and Germany and exhibited work in both countries.

Biography Galliner was born in London into a German-Jewish family who returned to Hamburg while she was still a baby. Galliner attended university in Berlin but when the Nazi Party came to power in 1933 she fled to Britain to avoid being arrested. Throughout 1938 and 1939 Galliner served as a travel companion to Jewish children being evacuated from Germany to Britain. She painted in acrylic, produced pottery and collages in a style clearly influenced by the Bauhaus and Die Brücke movements.