Marie Lotz

Marie Lotz (1877–1970), was a Swiss musician, educator, and painter, known in particular for her still lifes.

Early life and education Lotz was born 6 November 1877 in Basel in the canton of Basel-Stadt in Switzerland. Her parents were Johann Jakob Lotz and Maria, née Ecklin. Her father was a banker. Lotz attended the Basel Girls' School, passed the examination to become a teacher, and trained in piano and voice at the City of Basel Music Academy. For the next ten years she worked as a musician and piano teacher. Artistic career From 1908, Lotz lived in Munich and studied at the art school of . Feeling patronized there, Lotz transferred to the art school in Dachau, where she was taught by the Austrian-German impressionist painter, Hans von Hayek. In 1910 and 1911 she spent some time at the Nagybánya artists' colony, which was then in eastern Hungary. In 1912, she lived in Paris, gaining experience in various studios. Between 1913 and 1920, she lived in Basel, working as a freelance artist, and from 1920 until 1924 in Clausthal-Zellerfeld in the Upper Harz Mountains in Germany. She then returned to Switzerland, penniless, and settled in Birsfelden. Death Lotz died in Birsfelden on 13 October 1970. In 2005 a path along the River Rhine in Birsfelden was named after her, as the Marie Lotz-Promenade. That same year Birsfelden was awarded a prize given to municipalities that named geographic features after female figures.