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TitleLottie Reizenstein Papers

Held atUniversity of London, Institute of Languages, Cultures and Societies

Reference codeLRE

Date1904-1982

Creator
- Reizenstein, Lottie (1904-1982), artist, designer, refugeeMore Info on CreatorLess Info on Creator
  Charlotte ‘Lottie’ Reizenstein was born into an assmilated Jewish family in Nuremberg in 1904,to parents Dr Albert Reizenstein (1871-1925) and Karoline ‘Lina‘ Reizenstein, nee Kohn (1880-1963). Lottie had two brothers, the composer Franz Reizenstein and Maximilian Reizenstein. Lottie trained as an artist and designer in Nuremberg and Berlin until she had to flee Nazi Germany in 1936. In London she studied at St. Martins School of Art and the Central School of Arts and Crafts, and in 1954 she studied in Salzburg under Oskar Kokoschka. In 1948, the year Lottie was naturalised as a British citizen, she registered her design company ‘New Designs’. Lottie continued to paint and design and exhibited her work up until her death in 1982. Her work is represented in UK public collections including the Ben Uri Collection and the British Museum. One of her landscapes is on permanent display in the Franz Reizenstein Room at the Royal Academy of Music and another one is on display in Senate House, the University of London.

Scope and ContentPersonal and work-related papers for Lottie Reizenstein and her family, including:
- Several folders of correspondence regarding the unsuccessful attempt to transfer financial assets from Nazi Germany to the UK
- Correspondence regarding compensation and resititution payments
- Photographs, correspondence, and ephemera regarding Lottie's work as an artists well as one painting
- Letters from her lover Dennis Edgon.

Conditions governing accessOpen. At least 48 hours' notice is required for research visits.

Extent3 boxes, one painting

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