Bertha Zillessen
{{short description|German artist (1872–1936)}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date|1872|10|17|df=y}}
| birth_place = Orsoy, Germany
| death_date = {{death date and age|1936|1|13|1872|10|17|df=y}}
| death_place = Bautzen, Germany
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| partner = Margarethe Karow
| known_for = Photography, painting
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Bertha Zillessen (17 October 1872 – 13 January 1936) was a German painter and photographer.{{cite web |title=Zillessen, Bertha |url=https://www.deutsche-biographie.de/pnd127849610.html |website=Deutsche Biographie |accessdate=15 August 2020 |language=de}} She was the first professional photographer in Bautzen.
Biography
Zillessen was born on 17 October 1872, in Orsoy, Germant.{{cite web |title=Bertha Zillessen |url=http://objekte.jmberlin.de/person/jmb-pers-504039;jsessionid=A1DE9AF822414A |website=Jüdisches Museum Berlin |accessdate=15 August 2020}} As a young woman, she moved to Witten and there she began learning about photography. She continued her training in Berlin and Düsseldorf where she studied with Erwin Quedenfeldt. Around 1908 she moved to Bautzen with her partner, Margarethe Karow, and the pair start a photography studio They began the commercial enterprise with portrait photography. Zillessen eventually turned to landscape photography and she became a successful postcard photographer.{{cite web |title=Die Frau hinter der Kamera |url=https://www.saechsische.de/plus/die-frau-hinter-der-kamera-5024696.html |website=Saechsische.de |accessdate=15 August 2020 |language=de}} Her copper gravure images were published by Deutschen Heimatbilder and Saxon Heimatschutzverein.{{cite web |title=Bertha Zillessen (1872–1936) – Fotografische Entdeckungen |url=https://www.museum-bautzen.de/veranstaltungen/ausstellungen/rueckblick/bertha-zillessen/ |website=Museum Bautzen |accessdate=15 August 2020}} Zillessen is considered to be the first professional photographer in Bautzen.
Zillessen died on 13 January 1936, aged 63, in Bautzen. In 2019, the Museum Bautzen held a retrospective of her work.
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