Maria Slavona

Maria Slavona, born Marie Dorette Caroline Schorer (14 March 1865, Lübeck - 10 May 1931, Berlin) was a German impressionist painter.

Her father, Theodor Schorer [de], was a pharmacist and politician who was known for his campaign to improve the quality of Lübeck's drinking water.

In 1888, she moved to Munich, taking private lessons from the portrait painter Alois Erdtelt, then attending the Münchner Künstlerinnenverein [de] Women's Academy, where her most influential teacher was Ludwig von Herterich, who introduced her to impressionism.

[1] One of her companions on the trip was the Danish painter Vilhelm Petersen and, as they became closer friends, they both decided to take assumed names for their artworks.

Slavona's first exhibit came in 1893 at the Salon de Champ-de-Mars of the Société Nationale des Beaux-Arts, ironically under the male pseudonym "Carl-Maria Plavona".