Bennewitz von Loefen, Carl |
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BORN 14 Aug 1856, Berlin - DIED 16 Dec 1931, Stettin, Pommern (now: Szczecin) GRAVE LOCATION Berlin: Kirchhof Jerusalem und Neue Kirche II, Zossener Strasse (Halleschen Tor), Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg (1/1-2-7 55) |
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Karl Bennewitz von der Loefen was the son of the portrait painter of the same name (1826-1895). He studied at the Prussian Academy of Arts in Berlin and at te Art Academy in Düsseldorf, where he was taught by Wilhelm Sohn, Eduard von Gebhardt, Julius Roeting and Carl Ernst Forberg. For ten years he worked as a painter in Munich and in 1898 he settled in Berlin, where he was a teacher at the school for female artists. He married landscape painter Emy Schlieper (1853-1899). In 1899 he painted the French singer Yvette Guilbert. Family • Father: Bennewitz von Loefen, Karl Wilhelm Leopold Related persons • painted Guilbert, Yvette |
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 The grave of Carl Bennewitz von Loefen and Emy Schlieper at the Kirchhof Jerusalem und Neue Kirche II, Halleschen Tor, Kreuzberg, Berlin. Picture by Androom (08 Apr 2003) |
