Margaret Moscheles
British painter
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Margaret "Grete" Moscheles (née Margarethe Sobernheim; 1854–1924)[1][2] was a British painter.
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Margaret Moscheles | |
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| Born | Margarethe Sobernheim 1854 |
| Died | 1924 (aged 69–70) |
| Other names | Grete Moscheles |
| Known for | painting |
| Spouse | Felix Moscheles |
Biography
She was born as Margarethe Sobernheim in 1854 in Berlin, Kingdom of Prussia. She was from a Jewish family.[3] In 1875, she married painter Felix Moscheles in Germany, with whom she studied painting with.[1][4] Margaret and her husband spent the winter of 1893 in traveling in North Africa, which inspired a body of artwork.[4]
She showed her work at the Royal Academy of Arts in London in 1905 and 1912.[5] In 1908, she had a group exhibition at the London Salon of the Allied Artists' Association in Royal Albert Hall.[6]
Her work is included in various public museums including National Trust, Smallhythe Place;[2] among others.
