Portraits

Portraits of the muse: Erna Heinen-Steinhoff

Erna Heinen-Steinhoff (1898-1969) regularly modelled for the various artists at the colony. Over the years, many portraits and drawings of her were made. Here is a selection of those works.

Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Night Portrait - Portrait of Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with Hanns Heinen, 1930 - this picture has been lost since a robbery in 2006)
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Night Portrait - Portrait of Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with Hanns Heinen, 1930 - this picture has been lost since a robbery in 2006)
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with raised arms, oil, 1931
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with raised arms, oil, 1931
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff on the telephone, 1932
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff on the telephone, 1932
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Self-portrait with his muse Erna Heinen-Steinhoff in exile in Holland, 1934
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Self-portrait with his muse Erna Heinen-Steinhoff in exile in Holland, 1934
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff breastfeeding, 1934
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff breastfeeding, 1934
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with daughter Gabriele Eleonore, 1934
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with daughter Gabriele Eleonore, 1934
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with umbrella, oil, 1936
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with umbrella, oil, 1936
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff, 1938
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff, 1938
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Graphite study by Erna Heinen-Steinhoff , 1938
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972): Graphite study by Erna Heinen-Steinhoff , 1938
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - The Angel of Peace is on his last breaths, 1939
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - The Angel of Peace is on his last breaths, 1939
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff as Sinnende, 1941
Erwin Bowien (1899-1972) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff as Sinnende, 1941
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff as the good spirit of the Artists' Colony, 1955
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff as the good spirit of the Artists' Colony, 1955
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff reading, 1955
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff reading, 1955
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff reading, 1956
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020): Erna Heinen-Steinhoff reading, 1956
Bettina Heinen- Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff as Muse of Music, watercolour, 1957
Bettina Heinen- Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff as Muse of Music, watercolour, 1957
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with pearl necklace, 1962
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff with pearl necklace, 1962
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff in the year of her death, Watercolour, 1969
Bettina Heinen-Ayech (1937-2020) - Erna Heinen-Steinhoff in the year of her death, Watercolour, 1969
Henryk Dywan (*1933) Sculptor - Grave monument of Erna Heinen-Steinhoff in the forest cemetery in Solingen
Henryk Dywan (*1933) Sculptor - Grave monument of Erna Heinen-Steinhoff in the forest cemetery in Solingen