Died 31 October 1935 | ||
Magda Kröner (born Magda Helmke 24 January 1854 Rendsburg - 31 October 1935 Düsseldorf) was a German naturalist painter.
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Life
Magda was the first daughter of Paul Bernhard Helmcke, lawyer and notary in Rendsburg, Holstein. She was born, and spent her youth in northern Germany. Her greatest passion was painting, but an academic education for women was only available in private schools. Attracted by the Düsseldorf School, Magda Helmke went in 1879 to Düsseldorf, and studied in the studio of the landscape painter Christian Kröner as a private student. After four years of painting lessons she married in 1883 her teacher.
Magda Kröner was initially a landscape painter, but she focused more and more on still life with flowers and fruit compositions. On numerous study trips, she found inspiration for her paintings. Together with her husband, which among other hunters led their trips in the Teutoburg Forest, in the Holstein Switzerland, and to Borkum. Their home, located at Malkastenpark in Pempelforter Straße 62, was a center of Düsseldorf culture. Here there were also the studiosr.
Magda Kröner was a member of the Düsseldorf club of artists as honorary member, in the general German art association and the Association of Düsseldorf artists for mutual support and assistance. After the turn of the century, Magda Kröner reached the zenith of her public recognition. In 1901, her work was acquired by Kaiser Wilhelm II, the painting "The Corner" and "Red Poppy". In 1903, the Prince of Saxe-Meiningen acquired the "St. Mary". The Düsseldorf Kunsthalle honored to her 75th birthday in 1929, with a special exhibition.
Of the two sons, which she had with Christian Kröner, was Erwin Kroner (1889-1963) also a painter.
She died in 1935, 81 years old, and was buried in the family grave in the North Cemetery.