Lot 555: Still Life with Apples and Lemons

Berg Else, Ratibor 1877 - Auschwitz 1942, Still Life with Apples and Lemons, Oil/wood, 19,5 x 29 cm, lo. ri. sign. E. Berg. - German-Dutch paintress, draughtswoman a. graphic artist. She studied under A. Kampf in Berlin 1901-10. After a sojourn in Paris she settled in Amsterdam in 1911. In 1916 she joined the Hollandse Kunstenaarskring, in 1932 she was elected its vice-president. - Mus.: Amsterdam (Stedelijk Mus.), Den Haag, Utrecht, Haarlem u.a. - Lit.: Saur, Vollmer.