Alice Michaelis

Alice Michaelis (née Alice Sara Priester; 5 April 1875 – 23 June 1943) was a German Jewish painter and educator. She was known for paintings of still lifes, interiors, and landscapes. Michaelis was a Holocaust victim.

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Alice Michaelis

Born	Alice Sara Priester 5 April 1875 Berlin, German Empire
Died	23 June 1943(1943-06-23) (aged 68) Theresienstadt Ghetto, Terezín, Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia
Occupation(s)	Painter, teacher
Spouse	Louis Michaelis (m. 1899–1942; his death)

Early life and education

Alice Sara Priester was born on 5 April 1875 in Berlin, German Empire (now Germany), to Jewish parents Flora (née Eyck), and merchant Moritz Priester.^[1]

She studied art at the Berlin painting schools of Max Uth, Hans Baluschek, Lovis Corinth, and classes the Association of Berlin Women Artists.^[2]

On 15 October 1899, she married banker Louis Israel Michaelis. They lived in the Schöneberg quarter of Berlin at Speyerer Straße 2.^[3]

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Career and late life

Michaelis was an active member of the Association of Women Artists of Berlin, from 1911 to 1934 and held leadership positions. Michaelis was also a member of the General German Art Association, the Reich Association of Fine Artists in Germany, and Munich Artists' Association.

Death

On 3 October 1942 during the Holocaust, she was transported to Theresienstadt Ghetto in Terezín in Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia (German-occupied Czechoslovakia; now Czech Republic).^[3] Michaelis was murdered on 23 June 1943, at the age of 68, at the Theresienstadt Ghetto.^[1]^[4]^[5]

Her husband Louis was also murdered, some six months prior to her at the Theresienstadt Ghetto.^[6] Several other members of the Association of Berlin Women Artists were murdered during The Holocaust, including Julie Wolfthorn.^[5]

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Early life and education

Career and late life

Death

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