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German painter
A.K.A.
Sabine Graef
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Gender
Female
Place of birth
Berlin, Germany
Place of death
Bayreuth, Upper Franconia, Bavaria, Germany
Age
78 years
Family
Mother:
Franziska Liebreich
Father:
Gustav Graef
Spouse:
Reinhold Lepsius
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Biography
Sabine Lepsius (15 January 1864, Berlin – 22 November 1942, Bayreuth) was a German portrait painter.
Life
She was the daughter of portrait painter Gustav Graef. She studied with her father and married the painter Reinhold Lepsius. She and her husband were held in equal regard and were very popular with the business community and the wealthy. Her brother was the art historian Botho Graef.
Her salon in Berlin-Westend was considered a major social gathering point. Georg Simmel, Wilhelm Dilthey, August Endell and Rainer Maria Rilke were among those who attended. She was also a close friend and follower of Stefan George. She published a book about their friendship in 1935.
Writings
- Vom deutschen Lebensstil; Leipzig: Seemann & Co. 1916
- Stefan George : Geschichte einer Freundschaft. Berlin: Verlag Die Runde 1935
- Ein Berliner Künstlerleben um die Jahrhundertwende :Erinnerungen; Munich: G. Müller 1972
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