Erna Scharff Art
1895-1982
Erna S. Scharff was born Erna Kuhn in Landau, Germany, on September 9, 1895, and died in Brooklyn, New York, on March 1, 1982. She fled Nazi Germany and came to the United States in 1938/1939 with her husband Alfred (1890–1969) and her son Richard (1926–2005). According to a business card, her studio was listed in Brooklyn, New York. She was known primarily for oil landscapes in a very Germanic style. She is credited with several Van Gogh-inspired landscape works, and her masterpiece titled "The Tallit Maker" from the late 1920s - is on display at the Emsland Museum in Lingen, Germany.
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Artist: Erna Scharff
Erna Scharff (1895-1982) - Mid 20th Century Oil, Continental Landscape
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A striking continental landscape with a complex grouping of hamlets and towns settled around a meandering river. Many figures occupy areas of the landscape, fishing, rowing, strollin...
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