Clara von Sivers studied at the academies of Copenhagen, Paris, Stuttgart and Dresden. Following her marriage to the naval officer Jegor von Sivers she initially lived on his family's residence Staelenhof in Livland, and later in Andrejewo near Witebsk in what then was part of Russia. After divorcing her husband she returned to Germany in 1893, taking up residence in Berlin. Her studio on Lützowstrasse became a popular meeting place for artistically minded ladies.

Clara von Sivers was born in 1854 in Pinneberg and studied painting in Copenhagen, Lyon, Paris, Stuttgart and Dresden. She mainly painted still lifes which are characterized by a very harmonious composition. She spent most of her life in Kiel and Berlin.

Clara Sivers was born in 1854 in Pinneberg. She became a German painter, known for still-life.