ARTIST

Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein

1859–1937 · Switzerland

Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein, a German-Swiss painter, defied social norms to become a celebrated portraitist, exhibiting at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition.

ABOUT

Ottilie Wilhelmine Roederstein (22 April 1859 – 26 November 1937) was a German-Swiss painter. She was the long-time companion of Elisabeth Winterhalter, one of the first female doctors in Germany. == Life == Roederstein was born in Zürich, Switzerland. She was the second daughter of a businessman who came from Germany to work as a representative for a Swiss textile company. She was first attracted to painting when the now-forgotten Swiss painter Eduard Pfyffer (1836–1899) ca…

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NOTABLE WORKS
The Forge of Vulcan 1919 · Art Institute of Chicago Self-Portrait 1920 · Art Institute of Chicago Woman with a Harp Art Institute of Chicago Emperors Charles V and Ferdinand I Art Institute of Chicago Study for In Puerperium: Charlotte with Wilhelmine 1909 · Art Institute of Chicago Hotel by the Walchensee, from The Walchensee 1920 · Art Institute of Chicago
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