Esther Mengold
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25 August 1877
Esther Altherr-Mengold | |
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| Born | Esther Mengold 25 August 1877 Basel, Switzerland |
| Died | 25 April 1954 (aged 76) Basel |
| Known for | Painting |
| Parent(s) | Adolf Mengold (1841–1912) and Hermine Mengold (née Naegeli) |
Esther Altherr-Mengold (1877–1954) was a Swiss painter of portraits, landscapes and still lifes.[1][2]
Mengold was born Esther Mengold in Basel in Switzerland on 25 August 1877. She was the daughter of Adolf Mengold (1841–1912) and Hermine, née Naegeli (1855–1927). She attended the Basel School of Applied Arts, or General Trade School, where she took painting and drawing classes with Johann Baptist Weißbrod . She then studied briefly at the Accademia di Belle Arti di Firenze (Florence, Italy) before deciding to continue her studies independently, moving to Munich in Germany. There, she joined the Munich Women Artists' Association. One of the teachers there, Leo Putz, recommended that she study in the artists' colony in Dachau and she moved there to study under Adolf Hölzel. She soon left Dachau and went to London to study and paint completely independently, beginning to make a name for herself as a portraitist before returning to Basel.[3]
