Background
Born into an old Jewish family of Hamburg merchants, she was the daughter of Israel Rée and Clara, née Hahn.
Born into an old Jewish family of Hamburg merchants, she was the daughter of Israel Rée and Clara, née Hahn.
From 1905, she studied with the Hamburg painter Arthur Siebelist. During the winter of 1912–1913, she studied with Fernand Léger in Paris.
In 1906, she met Max Liebermann, who recognized her talent and encouraged her to continue her artistic career. From around 1914, Anita Rée gained recognition as a portrait painter. She took her own life in 1933, partly as a result of having been subjected to hostility from various groups and harassment by antisemitic forces, partly due to disappointments on the personal level
In 1937, the Nazis designated Rée"s work as "degenerate art" and began purging it, as well as the work of many other artists, from museum collections.
Wilhelm Werner, a groundskeeper at the Kunsthalle Hamburg preserved several of Rée"s paintings by hiding them in his apartment. 1986 - Eva und die Zukunft.
Das Bild der Frau seit der Französischen Revolution, Hamburger Kunsthalle 2004 - Kunst der 20er Jahre in Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle 2005 - Ausgegrenzt, Hamburger Kunsthalle 2006 - Künstlerinnen der Avantgarde, Hamburger Kunsthalle 2010 – Himmel auf Zeit. Kunst der 20er Jahre in Hamburg, Hamburger Kunsthalle 2011/12: – Die Sammlung des Hausmeisters Wilhelm Werner, Hamburger Kunsthalle, 28.
September 2011 bis 15.
Januar 2012.