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Lilli Wislicenus

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Lilli Wislicenus
Lilli Wislicenus-Finzelberg;
portrait by her husband (1907)
Born
Elisabeth Emma Charlotte Finzelberg

5 November 1872
Andernach, Germany
Died14 December 1939
Spouse
Hans Wislicenus
(m. 1896)
Europa Being Abducted by a Bull

Lilli Wislicenus, born Elisabeth Emma Charlotte Finzelberg (1872–1939) was a German sculptor.[1]

Biography

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Wislicenus née Finzelberg[2] was born in 1872 in Andernach. For a time she lived with her uncle, the painter Hermann Wislicenus in Duesseldorf. She attended the Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (now Technische Universität Berlin).[3]

She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

In 1896 she married her cousin, the German painter Hans Wislicenus [de] (1864–1939).[3]

Wislicenus died in 1939 in Berlin, Germany.[4][5]

References

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  1. ^ "Lilli Wislicenus". Clara: Database of Women Artists. Retrieved 1 October 2021.
  2. ^ "Lilli (née Finzelberg) Wislicenus". ArtNet. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. ^ a b c Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. ^ "Lilli Wislicenus". Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. ^ Biographie, Deutsche. "Wislicenus-Finzelberg, Lilli". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 2 October 2021.

Further reading

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  • Klaus Schäfer: "Notizen zu Leben und Werk der Bildhauerin Lilli Wislicenus-Finzelberg". In: Andernacher Annalen, Vol.8, Historischer Verein Andernach e.V., 2009, pp. 139–155
  • "Wislicenus, Lilli", In: Hans Vollmer (Ed.): Allgemeines Lexikon der Bildenden Künstler von der Antike bis zur Gegenwart, Vol.36: Wilhelmy–Zyzywi. E. A. Seemann, Leipzig 1947, pg.108
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