Martel Schwichtenberg
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Martel Schwichtenberg | |
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 portrait of Schwichtenberg by Frieda Riess, 1919 | |
| Born | 5 June 1896 Hanover, Germany |
| Died | 31 July 1945 (aged 49) Sulzburg, Germany |
| Known for | Painting |
Martel Schwichtenberg (5 June 1896 – 31 July 1945) was a German painter.
Schwichtenberg was born on 5 June 1896 in Hanover, Germany.[1] She studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy).[2] Schwichtenberg's artistic career began in Hanover with work as an interior designer and packaging designer. She relocated to Berlin around 1920. There she set up a studio and continued working as a designer. She was a member of Werkbund and the Novembergruppe.[3] She painted some portraits of the German avant-garde living in Berlin.[4] In the mid-1930s she moved to South Africa, where she ran a ceramics workshop. The shop was destroyed by fire and Schwichtenberg returned to Germany in 1939.[5]
Collections
Schwichtenberg's work is in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[6] the Museum of Modern Art[7] and the Yale University Art Gallery.[4]
