Ida Gerhardi

Ida Gerhardi (2 August 1862 – 29 June 1927) was a German Neo-Impressionist painter who spent much of her career in Paris.

Biography She was born in Hagen on 2 August 1862. Her father was a medical doctor. After his early death in 1869, the family moved to Detmold, where she grew up. Although she had wanted to be a painter since she was a young girl, she was twenty-eight before she was able to pursue her ambitions. In 1890, she enrolled at the Women's Academy of the "" and studied with the landscape painter, Tina Blau.

In 1891, she moved to Paris, where she studied at the Académie Colarossi, a popular school for foreign students. There, she befriended the composer, Frederick Delius, and his future wife, the painter Jelka Rosen. In 1900, she made the acquaintance of Auguste Rodin and joined the artistic circle at Le Dôme Café. Her work never reflected wartime themes, but her correspondences between 1914 and 1918 regularly referenced the ongoing war. Gerhardi died in Lüdenscheid, Germany on 29 June 1927

Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis In 1989, the Lüdenscheid Savings Bank, in collaboration with the Städtische Galerie Lüdenscheid, established the "Ida Gerhardi Förderpreis" (Sponsorship Prize). It is currently (2017) worth 5,000 Euros. Notable recipients include , and .

Selected paintings