{{short description|Croatian painter}} {{Infobox person | name = Marta Ehrlich | honorific_suffix = | image = Marta Ehrlich.jpg | image_size = 150px | birth_date = {{Birth date|df=yes|1910|04|27}} | birth_place = Zagreb, Austro-Hungarian Empire, (now Croatia) | death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1980|03|15|1910|04|27}} | death_place = Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia | alma_mater = University of Zagreb | spouse = Kamilo Tompa | children = | relatives = Herman and Marija Ehrlich<br>(grandparents)<br>Hugo Ehrlich<br>(uncle)<br>Mira Klobučar<br>(aunt) | website = | footnotes = }} '''Marta Ehrlich''' (27 April 1910 – 15 March 1980) was a Croatian painter.

== Biography == Ehrlich was born in Zagreb on 27 April 1910. She was raised in a wealthy Jewish family of Ernest and Erna Laura Ehrlich.<ref>{{harvtxt|Snješka Knežević|2011|p=94}}</ref> Her father was a building contractor and her mother was a school teacher. The Ehrlich's were a notable Zagreb family, her uncle was architect Hugo Ehrlich and her aunt was the painter and Holocaust survivor Mira Klobučar. Before World War II, Ehrlich lived with her parents and two siblings at the Villa in Tuškanac which was designed by her uncle Hugo Ehrlich. She attended elementary and high school in Zagreb. Ehrlich graduated from the Academy of Fine Arts, University of Zagreb in 1934. After graduation, Ehrlich went to Paris in 1935, where she perfected her skills in various painting techniques. She stayed in Paris for three years, before returning to Zagreb. After her return to Zagreb, she took private lessons from Vladimir Becić. Ehrlich's early work was marked by Becić's influence. During her career, Ehrlich created a remarkable 227 paintings which constituted an invaluable section of Croatian visual art. Ehrlich was married to Kamilo Tompa, a painter with whom she lived and worked at the house on Šubićeva street. She painted until 1978, two years before she took her own life.<ref name="jl">{{Cite news|last=Kiš|first=Patricia|title=PONOVNO OTKRIVENA Slikarica Marta Ehrlich: Ljepotica koja nije bila rob konvencija|publisher=Jutarnji list|date=December 19, 2012|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/marta-ehrlich--kronika-ratnog-zagreba--velike-ljubavi-i-nesrece/1073281/|access-date=2012-12-29|language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Kć.|first=D.|title=Retrospektivna izložba slikarice Marte Ehrlich|publisher=Glas Slavonije|date=December 21, 2012|url=http://www.glas-slavonije.hr/185031/5/Retrospektivna-izlozba-slikarice-Marte-Ehrlich|access-date=2012-12-29|language=hr}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|last=Dugandžija|first=Mirjana|title=Ukleta slikarica|work=Globus|date=19 December 2012|url=https://www.jutarnji.hr/globus/ukleta-slikarica-4089015|access-date=2020-10-23|language=hr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140102200258/http://globus.jutarnji.hr/kultura/ukleta-slikarica|archive-date=2014-01-02|url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news|title=Marta Ehrlich biografija|publisher=Moderna galerija|url=http://www.moderna-galerija.hr/Izlo%C5%BEbe/Detalji/tabid/2041/ItemID/627/View/Details/Default.aspx|access-date=2012-12-29|language=hr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121009233240/http://www.moderna-galerija.hr/Izlo%C5%BEbe/Detalji/tabid/2041/ItemID/627/View/Details/Default.aspx|archive-date=2012-10-09|url-status=dead}}</ref> Ehrlich was buried at the Mirogoj Cemetery as Marta Tompa.<ref>{{in lang|hr}} Gradska groblja Zagreb: Marta Tompa, Mirogoj EVG-1-II/I-30</ref>

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==Bibliography== {{Refbegin}} * {{cite book|last=Snješka Knežević|first=Aleksander Laslo|title=Židovski Zagreb|year=2011|publisher=AGM, Židovska općina Zagreb|location=Zagreb|isbn=978-953-174-393-8}} {{Refend}}

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