Martel Schwichtenberg (5 June 1896 – 31 July 1945) was a German painter.

Martel Schwichtenberg
portrait of Schwichtenberg by Frieda Riess, 1919
Born	(1896-06-05)5 June 1896 Hanover, Germany
Died	31 July 1945(1945-07-31) (aged 49) Sulzburg, Germany
Nationality	German
Known for	Painting

Biography

Schwichtenberg was born on 5 June 1896 in Hanover, Germany.[1] She studied at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf Art Academy).[2] Schwichtenberg's artistic career began in Hanover with work as an interior designer and packaging designer. She relocated to Berlin around 1920. There she set up a studio and continued working as a designer. She was a member of Werkbund and the Novembergruppe.[3] She painted some portraits of the German avant-garde living in Berlin.[4] In the mid 1930s she moved to South Africa, where she ran a ceramics workshop. The shop was destroyed by fire and Schwichtenberg returned to Germany in 1939.[5]

She died on 31 July 1945 in Sulzburg, Germany.[1]

Collections

Schwichtenberg's work is in the collections of the Los Angeles County Museum of Art,[6] the Museum of Modern Art[7] and the Yale University Art Gallery.[4]

Gallery

• 
  Frauen vor dem Hau, 1921
• 
  Zwei Schwertlilien

References

External links

• Media related to Martel Schwichtenberg at Wikimedia Commons

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