Biography

1877

Was born February 19, 1877 in Berlin

1897

Attended a Women’s Artist School in Dusseldorf

1901

Move to Munich

1903

Engagement with Wassily Kandinsky

1904/05

Numerous journeys, i.a. Tunisia

1906/07

In Paris, Münter produced more than a quarter of her graphical oeuvre

1909

Co-founder of the “Neue Künstlervereinigung München”

1911

Withdrawal from the “Neue Künstlervereinigung München”

1914

Separation from Wassily Kandinsky and relocation to Stockholm

1920

Constantly recurring depressions inhibit Münter’s artistic creation

1925

Move to Berlin

1937

Was banned from exhibiting by the Nazis

Since 1950

“Renaissance” of Münter’s oeuvre initiated by scholarly renovation of many museums worldwide

1962

Died May 19, 1962 in Murnau