Bettina Ehrlich | |
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 Portrait of Bettina Bauer in 1907, byMax Kurzweil | |
| Born | Bettina Bauer 10 March 1903 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 10 October 1985 (aged 82) London |
| Spouse | Georg Ehrlich |
Bettina Ehrlich,née Bauer, (10 March 1903 – 10 October 1985)[1][2] was an Austrian painter and illustrator of children's books, many of which she also wrote. She lived briefly in Berlin and Paris, and from 1938 in England.
Bettina Bauer was born inVienna,Austria, on 10 March 1903. She studied for three years at theKunstgewerbeschule, or school of arts and crafts, of Vienna (now theUniversity of Applied Arts). She lived in Berlin for two years and in Paris for one, andshowed work in each city.[1]
On 27 November 1930 she married the sculptorGeorg Ehrlich;[3] like her, he was Jewish. After theNaziAnschluss in March 1938 it was too dangerous for them to be in Austria. Ehrlich was in England at the time, and stayed there; Bettina joined him in July 1938, bringing many of his works.[3]
Bettina Ehrlich worked in manymedia, includingwatercolour,oils and various printing techniques (etching,lino-cutting,lithography andwoodcut). At theExposition Internationale des Arts et Techniques dans la Vie Moderne in Paris in 1937, she won a silver medal for her hand-paintedsilks.[2]
Ehrlich began illustrating and writingbooks for children during theSecond World War.Show Me Yours: A Little Paintbook andPoo-Tsee, the Water-Tortoise were both published byChatto & Windus in 1943, under thepen name "Bettina". In all, she illustrated more than twenty,[2] most of which she wrote herself.
She was an expert in the techniques ofbronze casting andpatination of bronze. After her husband died, in 1966, she produced casts from hisplasticine andplaster models; they were of the same high quality as those he had made himself.[4]
She died oflung cancer in a London hospital on 10 October 1985.[5] She provided in her will for the remaining originals and casts from her husband's workshop to be returned to Vienna.[3]
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Illustrated books for children, written by Bettina except where noted, include:
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