About Else Meidner
Lived 1901 – 1987 (aged 85). Else Meidner was a German painter and artist.
Else Meidner (born Else Meyer; 2 September 1901 – 7 May 1987) was a German-Jewish painter.
Biography Meidner was born in Berlin and studied there between 1918 and 1925 before spending two years in Cologne. In 1927 she married the painter Ludwig Meidner and they emigrated to England in August 1939.
After World War II the couple drifted apart, both emotionally and artistically and Ludwig returned to Germany in 1952 while Else stayed in London.
Career Else Meidner exhibited in Berlin before fleeing to London, and after the war she exhibited at the Ben Uri Gallery, London; the Galerie Hanna Bekker vom Rath, Frankfurt; the Matthiesen Gallery, London; the Beaux Arts Gallery, London; and the Leicester Gallery, London.
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Who was Else Meidner?
German Jewish expressionist painter
When was Else Meidner born?
Else Meidner was born on 2 September 1901 in Berlin.
When did Else Meidner die?
Else Meidner died on 7 May 1987 in London.
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Else Meidner was a painter and artist.
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Else Meidner was German.
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