Paula Von Waechter - Artist Info

About Paula Von Waechter

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Paula Freiin Von Wachter
  • Biography

    Paula Freiin von Wächter-Spittler (7 December 1860, near Ummendorf - 15 October 1944, Ummendorf) was a German painter.

    She was descended from a noble family, which included Karl von Waechter-Spittler [de], a Privy Councilor for the Kingdom of Württemberg. From 1878 to 1889, she studied at the Royal Art School in Stuttgart, with the genre painter, Friedrich von Keller. During the school year of 1884-1885, she spent a few months in Paris, taking classes at the Académie Julian.

    For most of her life, she worked as a free-lance artist, specializing in portraits, still-lifes, and animal paintings; with an emphasis on composition. From 1911 to 1912, she assisted Adolf Hölzel in the ladies' painting classes at the art school, whi...

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