Gertrud Berger
her grave
Born15 December 1870
Died26 December 1949 (1949-12-27) (aged 79)
NationalityGerman
Known forpainter of landscapes and still life

Gertrud Berger (15 December 1870 – 26 December 1949) was a German painter of landscapes and still life associated with the town of Greifswald.

Life

Streetview in Greifswald

Berger was born in 1870[1] in Bergen auf Rügen. She was the second child of Marie Wilhelmine Friederike Tiburtius and her husband Carl Wilhelm Ferdinand Berger, a lawyer and notary. She was baptized on 1 February 1871 at her home by the deacon of the St Mary's Church (Bergen), Bublitz.

Gertrud Berger studied in Berlin where she was a student of Max Uth, L. Meyer, and Ernst Kolbe (1876-1945).[2] Her subjects were landscapes and still lifes. Afterwards she lived and worked in Greifswald.[2]

Berger died in Greifswald in 1949, and her tombstone is in the Greifswald New Cemetery.[1]

Works

  • Portrait of a Child
  • On the coast
  • Dorfstrasse in Wieck near Greifswald
  • Sailing ship in front of pine-covered cliffs
  • Domstrasse in Greifswald
  • North German landscape with windmill and goatherd
  • Sailing ship off Usedom
    Kaffeetisch

References

  1. 1 2 Ngschweng (2011-04-14), Deutsch: Aufgenommen am 14.04.2011 auf dem Greifswalder Neuen Friedhof, retrieved 2020-01-25
  2. 1 2 "Berger, Gertrud (1876 Bergen / Rügen - 1950 Greifswald)". Tissimo. 2009. Retrieved 25 January 2020.
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