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In the 1920’s Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) watercolorist, painter, printmaker was born in Berlin, grew up in Paris where she got her fine arts education, and she lived most of her adult life in Berlin.<\/p>\n
“Working in Germany in the 1920s and 1930s, Jeanne Mammen (1890-1976) produced graphics, including nude and semi-nude female figures, for gay and lesbian periodicals. With the coming to power of the anti-gay Nazis, the queer side of Mammen’s illustrating career ended.” (…)
\n“For lesbian and other feminist magazines published in the free environment of 1920s Berlin, Jeanne Mammen created numerous illustrations of the women’s club “scene,” which prominently featured lesbian sex workers.” – glbtq.com<\/p>\n
In the spring of 1933, the Nazi press labeled Mammen\u2019s artwork as \u201cJewish\u201d and banned publication of her series of eight lithographs illustrating Peter Louys\u2019 \u201cLes Chansons de Bilitis,\u201d an exploration of lesbian love.<\/p>\n