Anna Margarethe Geiger
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Anna Margaretha Geiger (1783–1809) was a German pastellist. Her middle name is sometimes given as Margarete or Margareta.
Born in Schweinfurt, Geiger was the daughter of painter , and took lessons with as well. In 1806 she went to Bamberg and Munich, and studied with Johann Christian von Mannlich. She settled in Munich, but upon her father's death her health began to fail and she soon died. A self-portrait of 1804 is in the collection of the Mainfränkisches Museum.[1]
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- 1783 births
- 1809 deaths
- German women painters
- 19th-century German painters
- 19th-century German women artists
- Pastel artists
- People from Schweinfurt
- German painter stubs