11 Facts About Henriette Feuerbach

Henriette Feuerbach was a German author and arts patron.

Henriette Feuerbach was the wife of Joseph Anselm Feuerbach and the stepmother of painter Anselm Feuerbach, whom she supported in his art.

Henriette Feuerbach's brothers were Friedrich Wilhelm Heidenreich, to become a physician, and Christian Heydenreich, a future judge.

Henriette Feuerbach married on 13 April 1834 the widower Josef Anselm Feuerbach, whose first wife was Amalie Keerl.

Henriette Feuerbach lived with him and his two children, Emilie and Anselm, first in Freiburg im Breisgau, later in Heidelberg.

Henriette Feuerbach gave piano lessons, directed a choir, and organised house concerts.

Brahms and Henriette Feuerbach held each other in high esteem; in one of Brahms' letters, he referred to her and Anselm as "this splendid woman and her illustrious son".

Henriette Feuerbach invested most of her energies into supporting her stepson's efforts to establish himself as an artist and, after his death in 1880, to perpetuate his legacy.

Henriette Feuerbach died in Freiburg, eight days short of her 80th birthday.

Henriette Feuerbach edited with Hermann Hettner a collection of the writings of her husband after his death, working on the first of four volumes.

Henriette Feuerbach's letters, edited by Hermann Uhde-Bernays, document over a period of 50 years her influence on the education and development of Anselm Feuerbach.