Gerda wegener biography of martin luther king
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Gerda wegener biography of martin luther king
Gerda Wegener
(1886-1940)
Who Was Gerda Wegener?
Gerda Wegener grew up in Hobro and moved to Copenhagen as a teenager to pursue her artistic interests at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts.
She worked as a successful fashion illustrator for magazines such as Vogue and also painted erotic imagery of women. She married fellow artist Einar Wegener, who became Lili Elbe, one of the first-ever documented individuals to have received sex reassignment surgery.
Early Life, Marriage and Art Career
Gerda Marie Fredrikke Gottlieb was born on March 15, 1886, in the tiny rural province of Hammelev, Denmark, and grew up in the slightly larger city of Hobro.
Gottlieb's small-town life as the daughter of a clergyman and her artistic inclinations left her craving more.
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She left home at the age of 17 to enroll at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. There she met and fell in love with fellow artist Wegener (later Elbe). Gottlieb and Wegener were soon married at the ages