Elisabeth Balwe-Staimmer - Artist Info

About Elisabeth Balwe-Staimmer

  • Biography

    Elisabeth Staimmer was born in Germany in 1896. She began her art career in 1923 as a pupil of the Munich training workshops with Karl Kaspar. She went on to study from 1924-1927 at the Munich arts and crafts school with Richard Riemerschmid and Else Jaskolla. In 1927, Elisabeth Saimmer married fellow artist, Arnold Balwe. During this time, Balwe-Staimmer was a freelancer for Karl Kaspar, and then later worked in Feldwies am Chiemsee. In 1931, Balwe-Staimmer held her first exhibition at the “New Secession” in Munich. She undertook numerous study trips to Italy, France, Spain and Holland; sent exhibitions in Munich, Aachen, Cologne, Stuttgart and Mannheim; and was a member of the "New Group".

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