Anna Louise Adolphine Eduardine Gerresheim was a German landscape artist, portrait painter and etcher.
10 Facts About Anna Gerresheim
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Anna Gerresheim was among the founders of the artist's colony in Ahrenshoop on the Baltic Sea.
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Anna Gerresheim was the third of the eight children born to Eduard Adolph Gerresheim, a member of the Ribnitz city council, and his wife Dorothea Henriette.
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In 1883 Anna Gerresheim spent three months in Paris on a study visit with Emile Auguste Carolus-Duran and Jean-Jacques Henner.
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In 1884 Anna Gerresheim became a member of the Berlin Association of Women Artists.
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Anna Gerresheim died in their home in Ahrenshoop and was buried at the "Schifferfriedhof" in the village.
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Anna Gerresheim created mainly portraits and genre paintings during her years at the Berlin academy.
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Anna Gerresheim participated from 1884 in the exhibitions of the Berlin Association of Women Artists and later was a member of the Munich club for original etching.
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Anna Gerresheim made primarily works with motifs of the Baltic coast during her time in Ahrenshoop.
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Anna Gerresheim was still active there after 1918 when many artists left the village.