Olga Meerson-Pringsheim

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Robert Jütte
Moderation: Irmela von der Lühe

Alongside Gabriele Münter, Olga Meerson (1882-1930) was one of the female members of the painting academy founded by Wassily Kandinsky in Munich at the beginning of the 20th century. Shortly afterwards, she studied in Paris with Henri Matisse. During this time, Olga Meerson was represented several times with her works at the famous Paris "Salon d'Automne". In 1912, the Moscow-born Jewish painter married Heinz Pringsheim, the brother-in-law of Thomas Mann. The latter owed her advice for his novella "Death in Venice", among other things. Her last painting, which she worked on until shortly before her tragic suicide in Berlin, a still life of flowers now in private ownership, gave the Stuttgart historian Robert Jütte the idea of reconstructing the life and work of this unjustly forgotten painter. To coincide with the publication of this biography, the Schlossmuseum Murnau is dedicating a special exhibition to her for the first time from April 11 to November 9 under the title "The painter Olga Meerson: pupil of Kandinsky - muse of Matisse". Robert Jütte headed the Institute for the History of Medicine at the Robert Bosch Stiftung from 1990 to 2020 and also taught modern history at the University of Stuttgart, specializing in the history of medicine and Jewish history.

In cooperation with the Forum of Jewish Education and Culture e. V.