Margarethe Loewe-Bethe | |
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Born | Margarethe Loewe 1859 Province of Silesia |
Died | 1932 (aged 72–73) Leipzig, Germany |
Nationality | German |
Known for | Painting |
Spouse(s) | Erich Bethe |
Margarethe Loewe-Bethe (1859-1932) was a German painter. [1]
Loewe-Bethe née Loewe was born in 1859 in the Province of Silesia. [2] She was married to Erich Bethe (1863-1940). Loewe-Bethe exhibited her work at the Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. [3]
Loewe-Bethe died in 1932 in Leipzig. [2]
The spellings of the artist's name include Margarethe Loewe-Bethe, [4] Margarethe Löewe and Margarethe Bethe-Löwe, [2] Margarete Loewe, [5] and Margarethe Bethe. [1] The German Wikipedia article lists her as Margarete Loewe .
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