Ida Gerhardi

Ida Gerhardi (2 August 1862 – 29 June 1927) was a German Neo-Impressionist painter who spent much of her career in Paris.

In 1890, she enrolled at the Women's Academy of the "Münchner Künstlerinnenverein [de]" and studied with the landscape painter, Tina Blau.

[2] At first, she worked as a landscape painter, inspired by the Barbizon school, but soon lightened her palette and began concentrating on portraits.

She also made purchases on behalf of Karl Ernst Osthaus, the founder of the Museum Folkwang, including works by Rodin and Aristide Maillol.

[2] Due to failing health, she had to give up her Paris studio in 1913 and return to Germany, where she lived with her relatives in Lüdenscheid.