Catharina Antonie Klein

Place: Karlshöfchen (Now In Bagrationovsky District)

Born: 1861

Death: 1929

Biography:

Catharina Antonie Klein (4 November 1861 - 30 November 1929) was a German painter. She was born in Karlshöfchen (now in Bagrationovsky District) near the East Prussian town of Preußisch Eylau. Klein specialized in painting flowers exclusively with watercolor and gouache paints. Her naturalistic flower and fruit still lifes were extremely popular in the late 19th and early 20th century. They became famous worldwide as multi-colour lithographic prints in books, on postcards, but also in botanical publications. Since then, Klein has been considered an important representative of flower painting.