Hedwig Weiß

Hedwig Weiß (25 May 1860, Königsberg - 1923, Berlin) was a German painter and graphic artist.

She and her friend, Käthe Kollwitz, received lessons in drawing and engraving from Rudolph Mauer (1845-1905).

Later, she attended the Damenakademie [de] in Berlin where she studied with Karl Stauffer-Bern and met her lifelong friend, Maria Slavona.

She also presented her works at the second exhibition of the Berlin Secession and had showings fifteen times between 1900 and 1913.

A partularly important exhibit was the one held in 1907 at the German Museum of Books and Writing.