Elisabeth Model Collection 1932-1993

This collection consists of documents related to the painter and sculptress, Elisabeth Model (nee Dittmann). She was born and educated in Germany, but moved to Amsterdam with her husband, Max Model, in 1922. With their two sons, Wolfe and Frans Peter, the couple fled Nazi-occupied Holland for the United States in 1941, where Elisabeth Model continued to work as an artist. The collection contains biographical information about Elisabeth Model and her family; correspondence, including letters from Elisabeth Model's mother in the Netherlands shortly before her deporation; and photographs of an exhibition of Elisabeth Model's artwork at the Leo Baeck Institute New York in 1992. Elisabeth Model was also a friend of Hermann Hesse and received several autographed photographs, books, and letters from him, which may also be found in this collection.The finding aid for this collection is available online.digitize