Before I try to continu following printmaker Cäre Neuhaus (in before posting) I must "fit in" this artist first. I met her in september 1915 with Cläre Neuhaus in Bonn Obernier Museum in the “Graphische Wanderausstellung” (traveling exhibition) with later famous painter/etcher Anna Feldhusen (1867-1951) from Bremen, and many
others.
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| Anna Feldhusen |
Ruest,
Elisabeth (Else)
(Hannover 19-04-1891 – 28-03-1945
Hannover)
"Heimatkünstlerin"
"Home-painter: working locally choosing mainly topics "close to home".
She died in the allied bombing of Hannover in the night of march 28th 1945 destroying also her house, studio and all her remaining work (90% of the city's centre was destroyed by allied bombing killing 6000 inhabitants). These 4 examples are all I was able to find. This print below I found in Neil's Adventures in the Printtrade (2012) who has stumbled also over this forgotten printmaker.
She had been a student of the “Großherzoglichen
Malerinnenschule Karlsruhe“ which was founded
October 1885 and in function until 1923 by uniting private painting schools and
classes and was under the patronage of grand-duchess Luise of Prussia (1838-1923). Because of the overwhelming numbers
of women students the Karlsruhe academy professors, many ran private schools besides their academy work, were not able to take any more
private students. Women had to wait untill 1923 before being allowed to study in the Academies. In the school students were taught by academy professors. On of Else's teachers in the school is mentioned to have been "V.Roman". See end of this posting for more details and some remarkable findings.
Although she must have been a prolific artist just a few examples (and not the best pictures, sorry) of her etchings are available.
She was among the early visitors and regularly staying in the village of Schwalenberg in beautiful county Lippe near Detmold. Thanks to artists like her the little town grew into an artist colony. Berlin Academy professor Hans Licht (1876-1935) took his students here for "en plein-air" (outdoors) painting in the french Barbizon school (1830-1870) tradition.
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| Hans Licht |
Printmaker and "Heimat" painter Ernst Rötteken who was born, lived, worked and died in Detmold was a frequent visitor.
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| Ernst Rotteken (1910) All pictures borrowed freely from the Internet for friendly, educational and non commercial use only. ----------------- 
V.(iktor) Roman (1841-1916) was a teacher at drawing in
the “Bender’schen Lehranstalten” in Weinheim (in Bavaria’s Black Forest). His younger brother Max Wilhelm Roman (Freiburg
30-0-4-1849 – 08-05-1910 Karlsruhe) however was a painter and lithographer and
had studied in Nürnberg. He was appointed 1886 as a teacher in the newly
founded Karlsruhe “Malerinnenschule”
acting as its director from 1895. I think “V.
Roman” as Else's teacher is probably a mistake.
Max Wilhelm is more likely to have been Else Ruest’s teacher at the “Malerinnenschule“ in Karlsruhe. He married 1891, 21 one years younger, painter,
book cover designer and illustrator, graphic artist and ceramist Käthe Foersterling (Dresden 1871 –
after 1910 Dresden) daughter of Dresden painter Otto Foersterling (1843-1904). She had possibly been his student
because she’d also studied at Karlsruhe “Malerinnenschule”.
She later taught in this school as a professor of flower painting in 1902 and
also in the “Kunstgewerbeschule”
1903-07.
She and her two children returned to Dresden 1907 giving up her position
as a professor, it was said “because of her sickly children” Maria and Wilhelm: Maria indeed died
Dresden 04-02-1910. The real reason was her husband and her mother discouraged her and made her give up her career and position because of her mental health. She'd moved to her native Dresden for treatment where she lived disillusioned. Wilhelm Jr. and his father are said to have created linocut prints. Hear year of death is unknown.
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