Schrag, Martha (1870 Borna - 1957 Karl-Marx-Stadt)

Lot 2011 limit € 650

Watercolor on paper, floral still life, signed and dated (19)46 lower right, behind passe-partout and glass in original frame, slight signs of age (including slightly browned), sheet section approx. 37 x 36 cm, with frame approx. 78 x 63 cm, 1898- 1904 studies at the painting school for women in Dresden with R. Sterl, W. Ritter, A. Pepino and W. Claudius, since 1884 first exhibitions in Chemnitz, the doctor and collector A. Thiele supports them, 1907 member of the Chemnitz artists' group, 1908 Student at the painting school in Munich with A. Weisgerber, head of her own painting school, 1930s, her art is considered "degenerate art", despite being almost completely blind, she was artistically active until the end of her life, cf. Lit: Ralph W. Müller: "Künstlergruppe Chemnitz" and "Painted Longing"