Catharina Klein - Artist Info

About Catharina Klein

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    Catharina Klein (b. 1861, Eylau, East Prussia- d. 1929, Berlin, Germany)

    Catharina Klein is also known as Catherine Klein. Her name was anglicized outside of Germany during WWI to avoid any disinclination to buy her work. She is sometimes mistakenly referred to as "Christine." Her signature is "C.Klein" and usually accompanies her work, especially in those postcards and prints closest to the original paintings which were in oil or gouache, an opaque watercolor paint. If her signature is underlined, it's an indication of an earlier work. She rode the crest of chromo lithography at the end of the 19th and into the 20th Century. Catharina Klein was born in 1861 in Eylau in East Prussia (what is now a ...

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