Else Sehrig-Vehling, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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German painter
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Place of Birth: Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany
About Else Sehrig-Vehling
- Else Sehrig-Vehling (Düsseldorf, 26.05.1897 - Bad Salzuflen, 12.02.1994 ) was a German expressionist.
- She was the daughter of the Architect Heinrich Vehling (1868 Düsseldorf – 1944 Koblenz) and of Eva Hubertine (maiden name Habes) (1874 Düsseldorf – 1953).She was a member of an artist group called Das junge Rheinland (The Young Rhinelander's). Her style was influenced by her close friendships to Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Carl Barth, Max Schwimmer, Fritz Winter and other German artists. In 1921, Else Sehrig-Vehling was one of the very first female art students of the Arts Academy of the city of Düsseldorf.
- The City Museum of Düsseldorf honoured her with an exhibition in 1983, showing her early expressionist works.In 1933 she married Hermann Sehrig, a German artist and Member of the Deutsche Werkbund.
- His works are in many public collections such as the German Ceramic Museum.
- She is listed in the well known German art dictionary Allgemeines Künstlerlexikon (World Biographical Dictionary of Artists).
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