{{Short description|German sculptor (1883–1977)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=April 2026}} {{Infobox artist | name = Etha Richter | birth_name = Etha Irmgard Christine Richter | birth_date = {{Birth date text| 4 February 1883}} | birth_place = Dresden, Imperial Germany | death_date = {{death date and age|1977|3|12|1883|2|4|df=yes}} | death_place = Dresden, German Democratic Republic | resting_place_coordinates = {{Coord|51.03624|13.81968|type:landmark|display=inline}} | resting_place = Urnenhain Friedhof Tolkewitz, Dresden
| image = Etha Richter - passport photo in about 1930 - df pos-2008-a 0000363 001 (cropped).jpg }} '''Etha Irmgard Christine Richter''' (4 February 1883 - 12 March 1977) was a German sculptor and illustrator. Richter is remembered most for her animal sculptures and for her role in the art community of Dresden.
== Early life == Etha Irmgard Christine Richter was born in Dresden, first of five daughters born to pianist Hermann Julius Richter (1850–1936) and Johanne Louise Hopf (1862–1939), and sister to photographer Irma Ursula Johanna (1886–1946), Hildegard Daniela Emilie, Ilse Irene Sidonie (1889–1958), and Eleonore Hermine Senta (1890–1986).<ref>{{Cite web |title=Biografie von Etha Richter |url=https://saebi.isgv.de/biografie/10682 |last=Spitzer |first=Anne |series=Sächsische Biografie |publisher=Institut für Sächsische Geschichte und Volkskunde |language=de |publication-date=2005-02-02}}</ref>
==Career== As a woman, Richter was unable to enroll at the Dresden Academy of Fine Arts, and instead enrolled at the {{ill|Tierärztliche Hochschule Dresden|de}}. Her early artistic endeavors were self-directed until, encouraged by her husband, veterinarian Dr. Hans Richter (1880–1946), she began studying under Georg Treu and later Robert Diez. [[File:EthaRichter DresdenZoo.jpg|thumb|alt=Etha Richter at the Dresden Zoo alongside a deer|Etha Richter at the Dresden Zoo, 1909, by Ursula Richter]]
[[File:EthaRichter Plastik und Zeichnung Austellung.jpg|thumb|alt=Photo of lion sculpture by Etha Richter, on display at Kunst Salon Emil Richter|"Etha Richter-Plastik und Zeichnung" installation at {{ill|Kunstsalon Emil Richter|de}}, (sometime before 1930), by Ursula Richter]]
From 1927 until 1933, Richter and her husband lived in Dorpat (modern day Tartu, Estonia), where he worked as a professor. From 1934 to 1941, Richter and her husband, a veterinarian, were guest professors at the Veterinary College of the University of Ankara, with Richter teaching animal drawing.<ref>{{Citation |title="Frauen auf die Straßen(-)schilder!" |url=https://frauenstadtarchiv.de/wp-content/uploads/2017/10/fsa-dresden_strassennamenbroschuere3.pdf |place=Dresden |publisher=Landeshauptstadt Dresden Gleichstellungsbeauftragte für Frau und Mann |language = de|year=2007}}</ref>
Her work was exhibited at the Große Deutsche Kunstausstellung in 1941 and 1942.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Artist Etha Richter (1883 - 1977) |url=https://www.artist-info.com/artist/Etha-Richter}}</ref> Richter's atelier, along with over 500 pieces of her work, was destroyed in the bombing of Dresden during the Second World War.
From 1945 to 1963, Richter worked as a private tutor and drawing instructor at the Volkshochschule Dresden.
In 1968, she was awarded the {{ill|Verband Bildender Künstler der DDR|de}}.
== Work (Selection) == *''Study of an Elephant'' (Bronze, 1910, Slovak National Gallery) <ref>{{Cite web |title=Webumenia |url=https://www.webumenia.sk/en/dielo/SVK:SNG.P_594}}</ref> *''Große Figur zweier Panther'' [Large figure of two panthers] (Bronze, ca. 1922, {{Interlanguage link|Museum Kurhaus Kleve|de|lt=Museum Kurhouse Kleve}})<ref>{{Cite web |title=Digitale Sammlung des Museum Kurhaus Kleve |url=https://sammlung.mkk.art/werke/84519}}</ref> * ''Von der Arbeit'', (1906, {{Interlanguage link|Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz|de|lt=Kunstsammlungen Chemnitz}})
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Etha, Richter}} Category:German sculptors Category:1883 births Category:1977 deaths Category:German women artists Category:East German artists Category:20th-century German sculptors