11 Facts About Elsa Asenijeff

Elsa Asenijeff, was an Austrian writer and partner of Max Klinger.

Elsa Asenijeff felt at the mercy of her husband, a theme that influenced her literary works in many ways.

Elsa Asenijeff left her second son Heraclitus, born in 1896, with her grandparents.

Elsa Asenijeff became a model, muse and lover for him, but Klinger did not make the relationship public.

Elsa Asenijeff paid for her expensive apartment in the prestigious music district.

Elsa Asenijeff accompanied him on numerous trips and worked as a hostess at social events.

Elsa Asenijeff was considered an extremely impressive, fascinating, and sometimes even extravagant personality.

An alienation between Klinger and Elsa Asenijeff deepened further when Klinger in 1911 chose 18-year-old Gertrud Bock as a model and constant companion, whom he married a few months before his death.

Elsa Asenijeff began a descent into poverty, associated with a certain decay of personality.

Elsa Asenijeff was completely isolated, had no connection to her Viennese relatives, and her daughter Desiree, who spent some time in Leipzig for the funeral of her father in 1920, did not make any contact with her.

Elsa Asenijeff viewed her incapacitation as fraud and demanded compensation because she still saw herself as one of the greatest writers.