Olga Cacilie Elisabeth von Minden-Potthast (German, b. July 19, 1869 Sanderbusch-d. June 23, 1942 Varel) was a German painter. Olga Cäcilie Elisabeth von Minden, better known by her professional artist name, Olga Potthast von Minden, was born on July 19, 1869 in Sanderbusch, Germany to station master, Carl Lüdet von Minden, who worked for the Oldenburg State Railway, and Marie-Louise von Minden, and she had one sibling. When she was a child, her father took a job as a railway manager in Varel, Germany which led to the family to move there. From Julius Preller (German, 1834-1914), then director of the railway’s Varel Ironworks (Eisenwerk Varel, AG) and also a painter, she received her first instructions and suggestions in the field of oil pa...