Hedwig von Lepel-Gnitz, also known as Hedwig Greve (born 29 March 1850, in Osnabrück – died 10 August 1925, in Weilheim, Upper Bavaria), was a German genre and portrait painter. Life
Hedwig Greve was the daughter of Dr. Wilhelm Eduard Greve and Franziska Emma Seuss. She regularly attended the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf, where she was a student of Gustav Seuss (presumably her uncle). She then transferred to the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich, where she studied under Sándor Liezen-Mayer. After graduating, she worked as a portrait and genre painter. In 1875, she began her career with a portrait of her teacher, Seuss. From 1890 onward, her paintings, including portraits of Wilhelm I and Minister of Justice Heinrich von Friedberg, were frequently exhibited in Germany. She married the theatre director Bruno von Leppel-Gnitz on September 1880 in Rodenbeck near Minden. Works Paintings (selection) Frauenportrait (In 1922, it became part of the collection of the Wallraf-Richartz Museum in Cologne) Andacht (1922 Part of the collection of the Chemnitzer Kunsthütte in Chemnitz) Alte Frau (1922 Part of the Collection of the Rudolfinums in Prague) Die Grablegung (The version of Christ according to Van Dyck in the family chapel in Lütow) Writings Firlefinzchen und andere Märchen. Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, Stuttgart 1905 (135 Seiten, illustriert mit vier Bunt- und 14 Tonbildern von Karl Fahringer) Märchenzauber. Loewes Verlag Ferdinand Carl, Stuttgart 1919 (136 Seiten, illustriert mit vier Bunt- und sieben Tonbildern von Karl Fahringer) References