Ninon Soyer, printmaker

Ninon Soyer 

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Helga Marxmüller
(printmaker, author and mycologist) 

Beetle on gras by Kono Bairei (1844-1895)

I stumbled over this print, with an obvious wink to Japan, in the internet. A quick survey on the artist revealed what is shared here. She is not mentioned in any of the Artist Lexicons and mentioned, possibly living (2016) in Munich. 

An educated guess is she's the daughter of painter and graphic artists Anton Marxmüller (1898-1984) and was taught by her father while he was a professor in Munich (above). As an artist she uses the (French) pseudonym Ninon Soyer, as an author and botanist Helga Marxmüller.  

Otto Laible: drawing class.

Painter Otto Laible (1898-1962), professor (1949/58) in Karlsruhe academy was another teacher of Helga Marxmuller. Maybe the daughter of his Munich colleague is in this class somewhere.  

Her name can be found in connection (author and illustrations) with mushrooms (mycology), suggesting she is/was working as or was trained a botanist.

Please send other examples an biographical facts on this nice artist for sharing. 

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