Maria Caspar-Filser - Artist Info

About Maria Caspar-Filser

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Maria Caspar Caspar Filser
  • Biography

    The painter Maria Caspar-Filser was born in 1878 in Riedlingen on the Danube. After studying at the Art Academy in Stuttgart and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich in 1909 she became a member of the Deutscher Künstlerbund. In 1913 she was the only woman among the founding members of the artist group "Neue Münchener Secession".

    In 1925 she was the first German painter to receive the title of Professor. She taught at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Already in 1928 she participated in the Venice Biennale. Branded as "degenerate" by the Nazi regime, her works of art were removed from exhibitions and museums and burned or destroyed.

    In 1947, Caspar-Filser was able to build o...

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