Louise Droste-Roggemann
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| Born |
20 October 1865  |
| Died |
30 December 1945 |
| Occupation | Painter |
Louise Droste-Roggemann (20 October 1865 – 30 December 1945) was a German painter.
Life
Droste-Roggemann completed school in Bad Zwischenahn where she excelled because of her drawing talent. She lived with her parents and siblings in a house on Bahnhofstraße. The house was demolished years ago and today there is an old people's home on the property.
After finishing school Droste-Roggemann decided to become an artist. She was able to finance her education and other trips through an inheritance. Around 1890, she left her parents' home and traveled to Weimar and Dresden. Both cities had art academies, whose teachers gave private painting and drawing lessons as an additional source of income. Since women were not yet admitted to art academies at this time, private classes was the only available option for Droste-Roggemann. She probably lived in Dresden between 1890 and 1891, where she became acquainted with the Oldenburg painter Bernhard Winter, who went to the Kunstakademie Dresden in 1887 and studied painting there until 1891. Until 1900 Droste-Roggemann undertook many study trips, on which she created oil paintings and pencil sketches. She provided a lot of pencil sketches with location details of her excursions to the mountains in Scandinavian countries.
She lived in Bad Zwischenahn from 1901, and became acquainted with the merchant Oskar Droste (1851-1941) from Bremen who had taken over a peat factory in the village. They married in 1902 and Louise took the surname Droste-Roggemann. In 1904 a daughter was born, who was to remain their only child. Since her return to Bad Zwischenahn, the artist took every opportunity to paint from nature.
Gallery
Birches in autumn
Broom blossom
Landscape
Landscape with pine forest
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