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Rare Vintage Original Oil On Canvas By KATJA MEIROWSKY German D 2012 Framed 1961:
$1599.00
Katja Meirowsky (1920-2012) German abstract painting. Signed lower left and dated 61'. Measures 26" x 18.25" (sight) and 33" x 25.75" w/ frame.
Katja Meirowsky (born Casella)
Casella had both Russian and Italian ancestry and grew up with a Jewish mother and a Communist father. From 1938 to 1942 she studied painting at the Berlin University of the Arts. During the Nazi era she was part of the Red Orchestra. Her best friend was Cato Bontjes van Beek. Meirowsky fled to Poland, wanted by the Gestapo. In 1945, she returned from the underground to Berlin, where she worked as a freelance artist.
