Lilli Wislicenus

Lilli Wislicenus (1872-1939) was a German sculptor.[1]

Lilli Wislicenus
Lilli Wislicenus-Finzelberg, painted by her husband in 1907
Born
Lilli Finzelberg

1872 (1872)
Andernach, Germany
Died1939 (aged 66–67)
Berlin, Germany
NationalityGerman
Known forSculpture
Spouse(s)
Hans Wislicenus
(
m. 1896)

Biography

Wislicenus née Finzelberg[2] was born in 1872 in Andernach. For a time she lived with her uncle, the painter Hermann Wislicenus in Düsseldorf. She attended the Königlich Technische Hochschule Charlottenburg (Technical University of Berlin).[3]

She exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

In 1896 she married her cousin, the German painter Hans Wislicenus (1864–1939).[4][3]

Wislicenus died in 1939 in Berlin, Germany.[5]

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References
  1. "Lilli Wislicenus". Clara: Database of Women Artists. National Museum of Women in the Arts. Archived from the original on 15 November 2018. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  2. "Lilli (née Finzelberg) Wislicenus". ArtNet. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  3. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  4. "Lilli Wislicenus". Musée d'Orsay. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
  5. "Lilli Wislicenus". Kunstauktionshaus Schloss Ahlden. Retrieved 7 December 2018.
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