Liselotte Grschebina

Liselotte Grschebina (; 1908–1994; née Liselotte Billigheimer, also known as Grjebina) was a German-born Israeli photographer.

Early life and education Liselotte Grschebina was born Liselotte Billigheimer in 1908 in Karlsruhe, Germany. Her parents were Rosa and Otto Billigheimer, a Jewish couple. Her father was killed in 1916 while serving in the German army. In 1925–29 Grschebina studied painting and graphic design at the local art academy, Badische Landeskunstschule Karlsruhe (BLK; now the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Karlsruhe) and studied commercial photography at the School of Applied Arts in Stuttgart.

Legacy The photographs of Liselotte Grschebina were rediscovered in storage at her son's Tel Aviv apartment six years after her death.

The archive of Liselotte Grschebina's photographs were given to the Israel Museum by her son, Beni Gjebin and his wife Rina, from Shoham, with the assistance of Rachel and Dov Gottesman, the museum president between 2001 and 2011.

Gallery

Exhibitions 1937 – Takes part in an international exhibition in Paris 1938 – Takes part in the group exhibition "Old Life – New Life" by photogroup T’munah (Hebrew for picture) from the Berlin Zionist Association (BZV) shown at their site in Kantstraße 1941 – Takes part in the PPPA's group exhibition held in Logos, a Tel Aviv bookshop rearranged as gallery space 2000, Summer – Time Frame: A Century of Photography in the Land of Israel, Israel Museum, Jerusalem 2005 – The New Hebrews – 100 Years of Israeli Art, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin 2008, October–December – Woman with a Camera: Liselotte Grschebina, Germany 1908 – Israel 1994, Ticho House 2009 – Eine Frau Mit Kamera: Liselotte Grschebina, Deutschland 1908 – 1994 Israel. Eine Ausstellung des Israel Museums, Jerusalem. Curator: Yudit Caplan, Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin