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Philippine Wolff-Arndt

1849 – 1940

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Wikipedia Summary

Philippine Wolff-Arndt was a German painter. Despite difficult access to an artistic education, she was active in this profession throughout her life. She was also committed to socially disadvantaged people and campaigned for women's rights, for example as a co-founder of the Leipzig Women Artists' Association. In Leipzig, she also fought for the Hochschule für Grafik und Buchkunst Leipzig to be the first art academy in Germany to admit women to study.

Biographical & Professional Details

Date of birth
January 1, 1849
Frankfurt
Date of death
January 1, 1940
Paris
Citizenship

Germany

Occupations & fields
painter
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