Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen

Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen
Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen, 1913
Born	Margarethe Anna Maria Sophie Hormuth (1857-08-22)22 August 1857 Heidelberg, Grand Duchy of Baden
Died	7 July 1916(1916-07-07) (aged 58) Heidelberg, Germany
Nationality	German
Known for	Painting
Movement	Wilhelmine Period
Spouse	Friedrich Kallmorgen ​ ​ (m. 1882)​

Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen (22 August 1857–7 July 1916) was a German painter. She was known for her flower painting.

Biography

Hormuth was born on 22 August 1857 in Heidelberg.[1] She studied painting with Ferdinand Keller.[2]

in 1882 she married the landscape painter Friedrich Kallmorgen with whom she had two children. The couple belonged to the Grötzinger Art Colony.[1]

Hormuth-Kallmorgen exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

In 1898 she became a board member of the Karlsruher Malerinnen-Vereins. In the early 1900s she taught flower painting[4] In 1902 her husband accepted a position at the Berlin University of the Arts and they moved to Berlin. Hormuth-Kallmorgen painted infrequently after the move.[2]

Hormuth-Kallmorgen died on 7 July 1916 in Heidelberg[1]

Stillleben mit Äpfeln

Legacy

In 1975 Grötzingen designated the Margarethe Hormuth Street in the Karlsruhe's district.[4]

References

1. "Margarethe Hormuth". Stadtwiki Karlsruhe. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
2. "Margarethe Anna Maria Sophie Hormuth-Kallmorgen". Karlsruhe Stadtlexikon. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
3. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 11 August 2018.
4. "Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen vor 150 Jahren geboren". Karlsruhe: StadtZeitung. Retrieved 11 August 2018.

External links

• Media related to Margarethe Hormuth-Kallmorgen at Wikimedia Commons