Elisabeth Epstein

Elisabeth Ivanowna Epstein (27 February 1879 – 22 January 1956) was a Russian painter.

Elisabeth Epstein
study of Elisabeth Epstein by August Macke, 1912
Born	Elisabeth Ivanowna Hefter (1879-02-27)27 February 1879 Zhytomyr, Russia (later Ukraine)
Died	22 January 1956(1956-01-22) (aged 76) Geneva, Switzerland
Known for	Painting
Movement	Der Blaue Reiter
Spouse	Meizyslaw Epstein ​ ​ (m. 1898; divorced in 1911)​

Biography

Epstein née Hefter was born on 27 February 1879 in Zhytomyr.^[1] Her family moved to Moscow, then she located to Munich.^[2] In 1898, she married Meizyslaw Epstein, with whom she has one child. Their son Alexander was born in Munich on 28 March 1899. The couple divorced in 1911. In Munich she studied with Anton Ažbe, Alexej von Jawlensky, and Wassily Kandinsky. She also attended the salons hosted by fellow artist Marianne von Werefkin.^[3] Her work was included in the first Neue Künstlervereinigung München exhibit in 1911.^[4]

Around 1907, Epstein moved to Paris and exhibited at the Salon d'Automne. While living in Paris Epstein introduced Kandinsky and Franz Marc to the French art world, and also facilitated the inclusion of the French painter Robert Delaunay's work in the traveling Der Blaue Reiter exhibition of 1911.^[3][5]

She died on 22 January 1956, aged 76, in Geneva.^[6]