Carlotta Ida Popert

Charlotte Poppert, self-image, etching

Carlotta Ida Popert (1848 – 1923) was a German-Italian artist. She painted, mainly in watercolor, and also made etchings.

Biography

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Popert was born in Hamburg, and studied there with Friedrich Preller the Elder. She lived in Rome for many years, where she studied with Pio Joris,[1][2] moving there in the early 1880s. She exhibited in 1883 at Rome: Nel tempio di Betlemme. Other works include: The grandmother in the sixteenth century, exhibited in 1884 at Turin; a Portrait in watercolor, exhibited in 1887 at Venice and at the 1890 Exhibition Beatrice in Florence, where she won a silver medal.[3] She died in Rome in 1923.

References

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  1. ^ Bollettino d'arte, Issues 107-108, La Libreria dello Stato, 1999, page 65.
  2. ^ Istituto Matteucci biography.
  3. ^ Dizionario degli Artisti Italiani Viventi: pittori, scultori, e Architetti, by Angelo de Gubernatis. Tipe dei Successori Le Monnier, 1889, Page 386.