Erna Plachte (Berlin 1893 - 1986 Oxford), 'Mädchen im blauen Kleid mit Katze', 1920, pastel crayons on paper, signed and dated in pencil lower right, inscribed "Hohenschwangau" at lower left, 30 x 27 cm, with such portraits, influenced by Max Liebermann, the artist achieved her appointment as a draughtswoman at the League of Nations in Geneva, in gold wave frame, overall size: 35 x 32 cm. Limit 162,- >> German impressionist painter, pupil of several private painting schools in Berlin, since women were only allowed to attend the academy since 1920, turned to pastel painting, since 1933 draughtswoman at the League of Nations in Geneva, with the outbreak of World War II she moved to England.

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