Thea Schleusner

Thea Schleusner (1879-1964) was a German painter.[1]

Thea Schleusner
Born(1879-04-30)30 April 1879 30 April 1879
Wittenberg, Germany
Died1964 (aged 84–85)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
EducationAcadémie Colarossi, Académie Moderne
Known forPainting
Beweinung Christi, 1909

Biography

Schleusner was born on 30 April 1879 in Wittenberg, Germany. She studied in Paris at the Académie Colarossi and the Académie Moderne. In Germany she studied with Franz Skarbina and Reinhold Lepsius.[2] She settled in Berlin where she painted portraits of Emil Nolde, Albert Einstein, and Friedrich Nietzsche. Much of her work was destroyed in a bombing during World War II.She was a member of the Verein Berliner Künstler.[3]

Schleusner died in 1964 in Berlin.[4][5] Her work is in the collection of the Musée d'Orsay.[6]

References
  1. "Thea Schleusner". AskArt. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  2. "Schleusner, Thea". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  3. "Thea Schleusner". Art Ceylon. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  4. "Schleusner, Thea". Deutsche Biographie (in German). Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  5. "Thea Schleusner". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
  6. "Thea Schleusner Paysage à la fontaine en 1910". Musée d'Orsay: Notice d'Oeuvre. Retrieved 13 August 2020.
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