In the history of art, Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler is one of the names that keeps being returned to.
The record lists Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler as German artist (1899-1940).
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler was born at Dresden in 1899. Her recorded nationality is Germany.
Around the turn of the twentieth century the movements arrived in quick succession, each defining itself against the last.
She worked as painter, artist and graphic artist.
Her recorded movement is expressionism.
Looking is a skill, and the artists who last are those who taught their audience how to do it.
That the work was made in Germany shaped it: artistic traditions, academies and the galleries that decide what is seen have never been evenly distributed.
Elfriede Lohse-Wächtler died in 1940, aged 41. The work remains, hanging in collections that outlived both the artist and the market that first priced it.
Achievements
- Movement: Expressionism
