Liselotte Schramm-Heckmann
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Duisburg
- History :A legend recorded by Johannes Aventinus holds that Duisburg, was built by the eponymous Tuisto, mythical progenitor of Germans, ca. 2395 BC...
, Germany
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; died 1995 in Erkrath
Erkrath
Erkrath is a town in the district of Mettmann, in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany-Geography:Erkrath is situated on the Düssel river, directly east of Düsseldorf and west of Wuppertal, close to the famous Neandertal....
, Germany
Germany
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) was a German painter. She was born in Duisburg as the daughter of an old family of merchants. An ancestor on her father’s side was a draughtsman at the court of the Tsar
Tsar
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in Moscow
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. Directly after secondary education she followed painting classes. Although she was influenced by expressionism and abstract art, her admiration for the old masters let her concentrate on realistic art. A long journey in Italy confirmed her opinion. She has painted many landscapes and children’s portraits.
Besides painting, she created sceneries for many plays and operas for some stages in western Germany.
After her marriage with the painter Werner Schramm
Werner Schramm
Werner Schramm was a German painter. He was born as a son of merchants. After a classical education, he entered the school of Decorative Arts in Düsseldorf. In 1919 he began painting again after having been interrupted by the First World War...
in 1925, she lived at Fiesole
Fiesole
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near Florence
Florence
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and worked there for a year. The young couple then lived for five years at Bellevue
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near Paris
Paris
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. There, a son and a daughter were born. Returning to Germany, they settled for good in Düsseldorf.
In 1938 she organized a big exhibition of her works in several towns of the Rhineland
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In 1955 she contributed to the first International Exhibition of the Peintres de la réalité in Paris.