Elise Blumann b. 16 January 1897

Also known as Elise Schlie, Elise Margot Paula Rudolphina Hulda Bluman
  • Artist (Painter)
A student at the Berlin Academy of Art under German Impressionist Max Liebermann, Blumann fled Nazi Germany in 1938, she and her husband settling in Perth. An advocate of boundary pushing when it came to modern art, Blumann became an important conduit for modernist ideas and attitudes for the Perth Art Group, which she helped found in 1942. Furniture by the artist is also known.
Name
Elise Blumann
Also known as:
  • Elise Schlie
  • Elise Margot Paula Rudolphina Hulda Bluman (See ADB entry: http://adb.anu.edu.au/biography/blumann-elise-margot-paula-rudolphina-hulda-12223)
Gender
Female
Roles
  • Artist (Painter)
Birth date
16 January 1897
Birth place
Lubeck, Germany
Death date
1990
Active Period
  • c.1914 - c.1960
Arrival
  • 1938 (Arrived in Perth, WA)
Residence
  • 1938 - 1990 Perth, WA
  • 1923 - 1938 Europe
  • c.1920 - c.1923 Kassel, Germany
  • c.1917 - c.1920 Berlin, Germany
  • c.1897 - c.1917 Lubeck, Germany
Training
  • 1917 - 1920 Berlin Academy of Art, Berlin, Germany
Languages
  • English
  • German
Initial Record Data Source
  • Heritage: The National Women's Art Book