Sabine Lepsius
Self-portrait of Sabine Lepsius in 1885.
Portrait of Stefan George at the Stefan George Museum in Bingen am Rhein
Sabine Lepsius (15 January 1864, Berlin - 22 November 1942, Bayreuth) was a German portrait painter.
Life
She was the daughter of portrait painter Gustav Graef. She studied with her father and married the painter Reinhold Lepsius. She and her husband were held in equal regard and were very popular with the business community and the wealthy. Her brother was the art historian Botho Graef.
Her salon in Berlin-Westend was considered a major social gathering point. Georg Simmel, Wilhelm Dilthey, August Endell and Rainer Maria Rilke were among those who attended. She was also a close friend and follower of Stefan George.[1] She published a book about their friendship in 1935.
Writings
- Vom deutschen Lebensstil; Leipzig: Seemann & Co. 1916
- Stefan George : Geschichte einer Freundschaft. Berlin: Verlag Die Runde 1935
- Ein Berliner Künstlerleben um die Jahrhundertwende :Erinnerungen; Munich: G. Müller 1972
References
- ↑ Annette Dorgerloh, "Sie war wenigstens amüsant". Sabine Lepsius und Stefan George – eine Freundschaft "sans phrase"?, in: Ute Oelmann, Ulrich Raulff (eds.), Frauen um Stefan George, Wallstein, Göttingen 2010, Pgs. 104–116. ISBN 978-3-8353-0513-7
Further reading
- Irmgard Wirth: Berliner Malerei im 19. Jahrhundert; Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1990, ISBN 3-572-10011-9, pg.349.
- Ruth Glatzer: Das Wilhelminische Berlin; Siedler Verlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-88680-561-1, pg.192.
- Annette Dorgerloh: Das Künstlerehepaar Lepsius. Zur Berliner Porträtmalerei um 1900. Akademie Verlag, Berlin 2003, ISBN 3-05-003722-9 (Digitalized by Google Books)
- Annette Dogerloh: Sabine Lepsius. In: Britta Jürgs: Denn da ist nichts mehr, wie es die Natur gewollt. Portraits von Künstlerinnen und Schriftstellerinnen um 1900. AvivA Verlag, Berlin, 2001, ISBN 3-932338-13-8; pgs.216-232
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- Literature by and about Sabine Lepsius in the German National Library catalogue
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