Portrait of Lida Bendemann
Eduard Bendemann · 1847
Why it's great
A young woman looks thoughtfully out of the canvas in a quiet, warm portrait. Lida Bendemann was the artist's own relative, painted with careful detail. Eduard Bendemann was a leading German painter. It is a tender portrait of a family member.
Where to see it
📍 Museum KunstpalastDüsseldorf, Germany
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Eduard Bendemann was born in Berlin to a Jewish family and became one of Germany's leading painters. He studied in Berlin and then worked in Dresden and Düsseldorf, where he became the director of the art academy. His paintings of Bible stories and everyday life were admired all over Europe. He died in Düsseldorf in 1889.
