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unsigned North German artist Age: 1 half 20 century Technique: watercolor Condition: sheet is stained, creases, signs of storage Dimensions: 22.0 x 26.7 cm Please look at my other items! Curriculum vitae: Elizabeth Kellerman (* 3. May 1892 in Witten; † 24 March 1979 in Uelsby) was a German drawing teacher and book illustrator. Elisabeth Kellermann attended the art academy in Kassel, where she passed her exams in 1912 to become a drawing teacher for secondary schools. After completing her training, she worked from 1912 to 1915, first in Witten, and from 1915 until her retirement in 1952, at the Auguste Viktoria School in Itzehoe; one of her students was Gisela Kühler-Balcke. In Itzehoe she was in the Breitenburgerstr. 38 resident. She was friends with the painter Helene Gries-Danican, with whom she participated in an art exhibition in Itzehoe in 1920 together with Margot Claussen. Her early work was created under the influence of a romantic art nouveau in the spirit of Heinrich Vogeler; she was in correspondence with his wife Martha Vogeler as well as with Clara Westhoff. She created book illustrations, among others for the fairy tale collection In the Net of the Fairy Tale Spider by Friedrich Albert Meyer (1883-1967), which was published in 1924 by Albert-Zwißler-Verlag in Wolfenbüttel, as well as illustrations for The Swabian Heart by Sophie Reuschle, which was published in the 1920 book series Two-fisted print by Erich Matthes publishing house in Leipzig and Hartenstein. In 1920 she studied in Leipzig and in 1929 in Munich and Italy[3]. Her later, more arts and crafts works are primarily developed from school assignments, including collage technique and applications, and no longer reveal any independent handwriting. A few years after her retirement, she fell into depression, which led to her living temporarily, later permanently, in a sanatorium in Ülsby[4]. Source: Wikipedia.org After completing her training, she worked from 1912 to 1915, first in Witten, and from 1915 until her retirement in 1952, at the Auguste Viktoria School in Itzehoe; one of her students was Gisela Kühler-Balcke. In Itzehoe she was in the Breitenburgerstr. 38 resident. Her early work was created under the influence of a romantic art nouveau in the spirit of Heinrich Vogeler; she was in correspondence with his wife Martha Vogeler as well as with Clara Westhoff. She created book illustrations, among others for the fairy tale collection In the Net of the Fairy Tale Spider by Friedrich Albert Meyer (1883-1967), which was published in 1924 by Albert-Zwißler-Verlag in Wolfenbüttel, as well as illustrations for The Swabian Heart by Sophie Reuschle, which was published in the 1920 book series Two-fi