Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld

Austrian educator

Date of Birth: 25-Dec-1857

Place of Birth: Brno, South Moravian Region, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 01-Jan-0001

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn


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About Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld

  • Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld (December 25, 1857 – April 1944) a respected educator between the World Wars, was the fiancée of Maurycy Gottlieb, perhaps the most famous Jewish painter of his era, until she rejected him for another suitor.
  • The rejection, according to some theories, directly led to the death of this painter in 1879 at the age of 23, 18 months after her rejection.
  • Henschel-Rosenfeld herself was murdered by the Nazis 65 years later at Westerwald.
  • Henschel-Rosenfeld appears in some of Gottlieb's most famous paintings.

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