Sophie Wencke - Artist Info

About Sophie Wencke

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Sophie Wenke
  • Biography

    Sophie Wencke was a German landscape paintress. After studying in Dresden and Berlin under W. Hamacher a. M. Uth, she settled in Worpswede in 1898, where she became pupil of O. Modersohn. She had numerous exhibitions together with him, F. Overbeck and H. Vogeler all over Germany.

    From 1916-19 she designed motifs for the Hutschenreuther porcellain factory. She married in 1919, and moved to Hamburg. Despite extensive travels through Germany and Europe her ouevre adheres to Worpswede motifs.

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