Pauline Soltau
{{Short description|German painter, violinist (1833–1902)}}
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{{Infobox person
| name = Pauline Soltau
| image = Pauline Soltau (1899).jpg
| birth_name = Pauline Suhrlandt
| birth_date = 30 June 1833
| birth_place = Ludwigslust, Germany
| death_date = 13 April 1902
| death_place = Schwerin, Germany
| occupation = Painter, violinist
| spouse = {{III|Friedrich Soltau|de|Friedrich Soltau}} (m. 1858– 1893; his death)
| mother = Wilhelmine Suhrlandt
| father = Rudolph Suhrlandt
| relatives = Carl Suhrlandt (brother)
| signature = Pauline Soltau signature.png
}}
Pauline Soltau (30 June 1833 – 13 April 1902; née Pauline Suhrlandt) was a German painter and violinist.{{Cite web |date=31 October 2011 |title=Soltau, Pauline |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/display/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00171993 |url-access=subscription |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |publisher=Oxford University Press |language=en |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.b00171993}} She was known for her portrait paintings and genre scene paintings.
Life and career
Pauline Soltau was born as Pauline Suhrlandt on 30 June 1833, in Ludwigslust, Germany. She was the daughter of the court painter Rudolph Suhrlandt, and his wife, the lithographer Wilhelmine Skoglund.{{Cite book |last=Boetticher |first=Friedrich von |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=bdZAAAAAYAAJ&pg=PA770 |title=Malerwerke des neunzehnten jahrhunderts: Beitrag zur kunstgeschichte |date=1898 |publisher=F. v. Boetticher |pages=770 |language=de}} Her younger brother was painter Carl Suhrlandt. She was married in 1858, as the second wife to politician {{III|Friedrich Soltau|de|Friedrich Soltau}}.{{Cite book |last=Cyrus |first=Hannelore |url=https://books.google.com/books?id=ElAqAAAAYAAJ |title=Bremer Frauen von A bis Z: Kurzbiographien |date=1991 |publisher=Verlag in der Sonnenstrasse |isbn=978-3-926768-02-5 |pages=159 |language=de |chapter=Soltau, Pauline}}{{Cite web |title=Pauline Soltau Biography |url=https://www.askart.com/artist/Pauline_Soltau/11071583/Pauline_Soltau.aspx |access-date=2025-02-27 |website=AskArt.com}}
Soltau started since early childhood painting and playing the violin. She also studied fine art with her father Rudolf Suhrlandt, and with painter Édouard Dubufe in Paris.{{Cite book |last=Schlie |first=Friedrich |url=https://archive.org/details/beschreibendesve00gros/page/86/mode/1up |title=Beschreibendes Verzeichniss der Werke neuerer Meister in der Grossherzoglichen Gemälde-Gallerie zu Schwerin |date=1884 |publisher=Druck der Bärensprungschen Hofbuchdruckerei |others=Getty Research Institute, Grossherzogliches Museum und grossherzogliche Kunstsammlungen |location=Schwerin |pages=86 |language=de |via=Internet Archive}}
Subjects of her portraits included {{III|Alfred von Wolzogen|de|Alfred von Wolzogen}}, Georg Adolf Demmler, Emilie Mayer, and Frederick Francis II.
She died on 13 April 1902, in Schwerin, Germany.
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Category:19th-century German painters
Category:19th-century German women artists
Category:German genre painters
Category:German portrait painters
Category:German women violinists