Bertha von Hillern
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Bertha von Hillern was a German-American athlete and artist.
in 1877. For two years, she devoted her time to advocating athletic exercises for women, and appearing in public as a competition pedestrian. She also gave demonstrations of bicycle riding. She gave up her public pedestrian activities to devote herself to the study of art, and later pursued art as a profession in Boston
, where she exhibited a large number of landscapes in 1888.
Florida
newspapers reported that in the 1880s von Hillern shared an atelier there for some years with an artist from Maine
, Maria Graves Beckett, who signed her work “Maria J. C. à Becket.” Both women had been students of William Morris Hunt
in Boston.
Biography
Von Hillern emigrated to the United StatesUnited States
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in 1877. For two years, she devoted her time to advocating athletic exercises for women, and appearing in public as a competition pedestrian. She also gave demonstrations of bicycle riding. She gave up her public pedestrian activities to devote herself to the study of art, and later pursued art as a profession in Boston
Boston
Boston is the capital of and largest city in Massachusetts, and is one of the oldest cities in the United States. The largest city in New England, Boston is regarded as the unofficial "Capital of New England" for its economic and cultural impact on the entire New England region. The city proper had...
, where she exhibited a large number of landscapes in 1888.
Florida
Florida
Florida is a state in the southeastern United States, located on the nation's Atlantic and Gulf coasts. It is bordered to the west by the Gulf of Mexico, to the north by Alabama and Georgia and to the east by the Atlantic Ocean. With a population of 18,801,310 as measured by the 2010 census, it...
newspapers reported that in the 1880s von Hillern shared an atelier there for some years with an artist from Maine
Maine
Maine is a state in the New England region of the northeastern United States, bordered by the Atlantic Ocean to the east and south, New Hampshire to the west, and the Canadian provinces of Quebec to the northwest and New Brunswick to the northeast. Maine is both the northernmost and easternmost...
, Maria Graves Beckett, who signed her work “Maria J. C. à Becket.” Both women had been students of William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt
William Morris Hunt , American painter, was born at Brattleboro, Vermont to Jane Maria Hunt and Hon. Jonathan Hunt, who raised one of the preeminent families in American art...
in Boston.
Works
- “The Monk Felix,” from LongfellowHenry Wadsworth LongfellowHenry Wadsworth Longfellow was an American poet and educator whose works include "Paul Revere's Ride", The Song of Hiawatha, and Evangeline...
's “Golden Legend” - “Evening Prayer at the Wayside Shrine, Germany” (1883)
- “The Conversion of the Heathen General PlacidusPlacidusPlacidus is Latin for "placid, gentle, quiet, still, calm, mild, peaceful" and can refer to:*Flavius Arcadius Placidus Magnus Felix , Consul of Rome*Placidus de Titis , 1603–1668, astrolger...
, by a Miracle while Hunting” (1885) - “Live-Oak Forest in the Ojai Valley, California” (1887)
- “St. Paul, the First Hermit”
- “A Walk through the Pine Barrens, Florida” (1888)
External links
- Portrait at: