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Revision as of 00:56, 23 March 2010
Temporary working page for the Mathilde Schley biography
Mathilde Schley, author, artist, fashion designer, and business woman lived from 1864 until 1941. As an author, she was interested in the history of the German migration to the US in the 18th century and published two books and numerous newspaper and magazine articles documenting the history, lives, and politics of this German-American community. [1]
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Biography
Early life
Mathilde Schley was born on ???, ? 1864, as the first of nine children to German Imigrants in Horicon, Wisconsin.
She attended elementary school in Mayville and Juneau, high school at ?, and continued to study art at ?.
Early Experience
- telegraph operator
- drawing instructor in Kansas
Fashion Design and Dressmaking
- started business with sister Lydia in Watertown
- moved business to Milwaukee where it became highly successful
Art Studies
- Otto von Ernst
- Richard Lorenz
- Alexander Mueller
- Milwaukee Art School
- Milwaukee Art Students League
Artistic Genre
- German academic style
- impressionistic style
- pointillist style
Exhibitions
- New York
- Chicago
- Milwaukee
- ??
Collaborators
- Wilhelm Iwan
- (list)
Memberships
- Wisconsin Painters and Sculptors
- (others?)
Contributions as an Author
- Deutschamerika (1935)
- Fritz, Pät, Jules und Hänk (1940)
Contributions as an Artist
- (list paintings and other works)
Contributions as a Fashion Designer
- (list)
References
- ^ Schley, Matthilda. "Deutschamerika (1935)"