About
A female surrealist artist and photographer who created sculptures and other works during the 1920s. She was included in an exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, New York, early in her career.
Before fame
She studied at the Académie de la Grande Chaumière.
Trivia
She posed nude for photographer Man Ray while working with a printing press. A retrospective recognized her work at the MoMA in 2022.
Family life
Her father was one of the doctors the German government conscripted into the army in 1914. She had a sister named Kristin and a brother named Burkhard.
Associated with
She was a member of the same art movement as the artist Max Ernst.
