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CURRICULUM VITAE


1941	Christa self-Portrait 	29 x 37 	Oil on canvas

May 21, 1918 Born in Silesia, Germany

1940 -42 Attended Masterschool of Art at the Breslau Academy of Art and Applied Arts in Breslau, Germany

1942 Moved to Studio in Kronberg, Germany

1943 -43 Exhibits in Breslau, Berlin and Prague as well as commissions in Trier, Wuppertal-Elberfeld, among others

1945 -50 Commissions in Jagsthausen and Frankfurt among others

1945 -47 Attended the Masterschool of art as student/teacher, now the University of Art and Design, Offenbach am Main

1948 Exhibitions in Frankfurt and Heidelberg

1951 Moved to Washington, DC, United States Exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art in Washington, DC

1952 -65 Commissions for portraits in Washington, DC area

1959 -62 Exhibits in New York, Chicago and Washington, DC

1965- 66 Commission for portraits of Georgetown University Law Professors for new University Law Center

1964 -73 Took classes at the Corcoran School of Art and American University. Taught classes at Catholic University.

1980 Exhibit in Washington, DC

1984 Exhibit of U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O’Connor portrait at Harvard Law School Library

1985 -93 Split time between Washington DC and San Miguel de Allende, Mexico

2000 With eyesight and health failing, moved to Atlanta, GA close to younger daughter

2008 Moved to Jacksonville, FL with younger daughter

April 21, 2011 Passed away in Jacksonville, FL

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