Hanna Bekker vom Rath
Hanna Bekker vom Rath was a German painter.Early life
Born in Frankfurt, Germany, Hanna vom Rath began studying painting with Ottilie Roederstein in Hofheim, Hesse. During World War I, she moved to Stuttgart, Baden-Württemberg, where she studied under Ida Kerkovius and Adolf Hölzel.Career
Inspired by the avant-garde and moved by their persecution under the Nazi Party, she organised clandestine art exhibitions during the war. For her wartime actions, she was awarded the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany in 1964. Much of Bekker vom Rath's portfolio, including "still lifes, portraits and landscapes, in styles ranging from Expressionism to New Objectivity", remain missing.Hanna vom Rath married Peter Bekker in 1920; they separated in 1928.
