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'''Tom Seidmann-Freud''' (17 November 1892 – 7 February 1930) was an [[Austria]]n-Jewish painter, children's book author and illustrator.
'''Tom Seidmann-Freud''' (17 November 1892 – 7 February 1930) was an [[Austria]]n-Jewish painter, children's book author and illustrator.


==Biography==
==Biography==
[[File:Tom Seidmann-Freud - Zeichnung aus &#039;Kleine Märchen&#039;.jpg|thumb|Tom Seidmann-Freud - Zeichnung aus &#039;Kleine Märchen&#039;]]
[[File:Tom Seidmann-Freud - Zeichnung aus 'Kleine Märchen'.jpg|thumb|Tom Seidmann-Freud - Zeichnung aus 'Kleine Märchen']]
Martha Gertrud Freud (later Tom Seidmann-Freud) was born in [[Vienna]] to Marie 'Mitzi' Freud, sister to psychoanalyst [[Sigmund Freud]] and her cousin and husband Maurice (Moritz) Freud. In 1898 the family moved to Berlin, where her father ran an import business. Seidmann-Freud had an older sister, Lily Freud later [[Lily Marlé]]. She also had a younger brother Theodor who in 1922 drowned in [[Mäckersee]], north of Berlin. From the time Seidmann-Freud was 15 she used the name Tom. Seidmann-Freud moved to London to attend art school in 1911.
Martha Gertrud Freud (later Tom Seidmann-Freud) was born in [[Vienna]] to Marie 'Mitzi' Freud, sister of psychoanalyst [[Sigmund Freud]] and her cousin and husband Maurice (Moritz) Freud. In 1898 the family moved to Berlin, where her father ran an import business. Seidmann-Freud had an older sister, Lily Freud, later Lily Marlé. Her younger brother Theodor drowned in [[Mäckersee]], north of Berlin, in 1922. From the age of 15, she used the name Tom. In 1911, she moved to London to attend art school.


==Art career==
==Art career==
Seidmann-Freud created [[Art Nouveau]] picture books. Her first successes were in 1914. When she returned to Berlin she studied in the School of applied Arts working with wood, stone and copper and experimenting with graphic design, drawing and decorative painting. She remained in Berlin throughout the [[First World War]].<ref name="documenta 14 2017">{{cite web | title=Tom Seidmann-Freud | website=documenta 14 | date=2017-09-29 | url=http://www.documenta14.de/en/artists/22765/tom-seidmann-freud | access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref><ref name="Freud Museum London 2018">{{cite web | title=The Life and Work of Tom Seidmann-Freud | website=Freud Museum London | date=2018-11-01 | url=https://www.freud.org.uk/2018/11/01/the-life-and-work-of-tom-seidmann-freud/ | access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref><ref name="The Librarians 2017">{{cite web | title=The Tragedy of Tom Seidmann-Freud: An Innovative Jewish Illustrator | website=The Librarians | date=2017-11-20 | url=https://blog.nli.org.il/en/masa_hadag/ | access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref><ref name="OR">{{cite journal |title=Tom Seidmann-Freud |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100452539 |website=Oxford Reference |doi= |language=en }}</ref><ref name="loc">{{cite web |last1=Congress |first1=The Library of |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81075623.html |website=id.loc.gov}}</ref><ref name="tablet"/>
Seidmann-Freud created [[Art Nouveau]] picture books. Her first successes were in 1914. When she returned to Berlin she studied in the School of applied Arts working with wood, stone and copper and experimenting with graphic design, drawing and decorative painting. She remained in Berlin throughout the [[First World War]].<ref name="documenta 14 2017">{{cite web | title=Tom Seidmann-Freud | website=documenta 14 | date=2017-09-29 | url=http://www.documenta14.de/en/artists/22765/tom-seidmann-freud | access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref><ref name="Freud Museum London 2018">{{cite web | title=The Life and Work of Tom Seidmann-Freud | website=Freud Museum London | date=2018-11-01 | url=https://www.freud.org.uk/2018/11/01/the-life-and-work-of-tom-seidmann-freud/ | access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref><ref name="The Librarians 2017">{{cite web | title=The Tragedy of Tom Seidmann-Freud: An Innovative Jewish Illustrator | website=The Librarians | date=2017-11-20 | url=https://blog.nli.org.il/en/masa_hadag/ | access-date=2020-07-06}}</ref><ref name="OR">{{cite journal |title=Tom Seidmann-Freud |url=https://www.oxfordreference.com/view/10.1093/oi/authority.20110803100452539 |website=Oxford Reference |doi= |language=en }}</ref><ref name="loc">{{cite web |last1=Congress |first1=The Library of |title=LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress) |url=http://id.loc.gov/authorities/names/n81075623.html |website=id.loc.gov}}</ref><ref name="tablet"/>


Between 1918 and 1920 Seidmann-Freud lived in Munich where she met writer Jakob 'Yankel' Seidmann. They married and had one daughter Angela in 1922. The pair co-founded ''Peregrin'' publishing house which focused on religious issues for Jewish immigrants. Seidmann-Freud picture book "Die Fischreise" was published by them in 1923. Seidmann-Freud also created play and transformation books for children aimed at encouraging children to read and write. The books were all published in [[Sütterlin]] script which has limited the distribution since 1949.
Between 1918 and 1920 Seidmann-Freud lived in Munich where she met writer Jakob 'Yankel' Seidmann. They married and had one daughter Angela in 1922. The pair co-founded ''Peregrin'' publishing house which focused on religious issues for Jewish immigrants. Seidmann-Freud picture book "Die Fischreise" was published by them in 1923. Seidmann-Freud also created play and transformation books for children aimed at encouraging children to read and write. The books were all published in [[Sütterlin]] script which has limited the distribution since 1949.


Seidmann-Freud illustrated children's books for the [[Hebrew]] poet [[Hayim Nahman Bialik]]. Towards this end, her husband founded the Ophir publishing house in July 1922. After Bialik left for [[Tel Aviv]] in 1924 and the [[Great depression]] hit Germany in 1929, the company went bankrupt. Yankel Seidmann committed suicide. Deeply depressed, Seidmann-Freud took an overdose of sleeping pills on February 7, 1930. She is buried with her husband in the [[Berlin-Weissensee]] Jewish cemetery.<ref name="documenta 14 2017"/><ref name="Freud Museum London 2018"/><ref name="The Librarians 2017"/><ref name="OR"/><ref name="tablet">{{cite web |title=The Tragic Life and Surreal Illustrations of Tom Seidmann-Freud, Sigmund Freud's Niece |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/not-a-fairy-tale |website=Tablet Magazine |language=en |date=28 February 2012}}</ref>
Seidmann-Freud illustrated children's books for the [[Hebrew]] poet [[Hayim Nahman Bialik]]. Towards this end, her husband founded the Ophir publishing house in July 1922. After Bialik left for [[Tel Aviv]] in 1924 and the [[Great Depression]] hit Germany in 1929, the company went bankrupt. Yankel Seidmann committed suicide. Deeply depressed, Seidmann-Freud took an overdose of sleeping pills on February 7, 1930. She is buried with her husband in the [[Berlin-Weissensee]] Jewish cemetery.<ref name="documenta 14 2017"/><ref name="Freud Museum London 2018"/><ref name="The Librarians 2017"/><ref name="OR"/><ref name="tablet">{{cite web |title=The Tragic Life and Surreal Illustrations of Tom Seidmann-Freud, Sigmund Freud's Niece |url=https://www.tabletmag.com/sections/community/articles/not-a-fairy-tale |website=Tablet Magazine |language=en |date=28 February 2012}}</ref>


==After her death==
==After her death==
[[File:Seidmann-Freud-Fischreise.jpg|thumb|Fischreise]]
As Germany moved towards war and the situation became more dangerous for Jews, Seidmann-Freud's daughter, adopted by Lily and her husband [[Arnold Marlé]] was sent as part of a child transport to Palestine in 1938. There she took the Hebrew name Aviva where she had children herself and died in May 2011. Mitzi Freud was transported to Treblinka in 1942, where she was murdered in the Holocaust. Many of Seidmann-Freud's books were burned during that time.<ref name="documenta 14 2017"/><ref name="Freud Museum London 2018"/><ref name="OR"/><ref name="tablet"/>
As Germany moved towards war and the situation became more dangerous for Jews, Seidmann-Freud's daughter, adopted by Lily and her husband [[Arnold Marlé]] was sent as part of a child transport to Palestine in 1938. There she took the Hebrew name Aviva where she had children herself and died in May 2011. Mitzi Freud was transported to Treblinka in 1942, where she was murdered in the Holocaust. Many of Seidmann-Freud's books were burned during that time.<ref name="documenta 14 2017"/><ref name="Freud Museum London 2018"/><ref name="OR"/><ref name="tablet"/>


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[[Category:Austrian children's writers]]
[[Category:Austrian children's writers]]
[[Category:Austrian illustrators]]
[[Category:Austrian illustrators]]
[[Category:Drug-related suicides in Germany]]
[[Category:Drug-related suicides]]
[[Category:Suicides in Germany]]

Latest revision as of 13:23, 29 June 2024

Tom Seidmann-Freud
Born
Martha Gertrud Freud

17 November 1892
Vienna
Died7 February 1930 (1930-02-08) (aged 37)
Berlin
NationalityAustrian
Other namesFreud, Tom Seidmann-; Seidmann-Freud; Zaidman Froid, Tom; Seidmann-Freud, Martha Gertrud
SpouseJakob Seidmann
ChildrenAngela (Aviva) Seidmann
Parents

Tom Seidmann-Freud (17 November 1892 – 7 February 1930) was an Austrian-Jewish painter, children's book author and illustrator.

Biography

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Tom Seidmann-Freud - Zeichnung aus 'Kleine Märchen'

Martha Gertrud Freud (later Tom Seidmann-Freud) was born in Vienna to Marie 'Mitzi' Freud, sister of psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud and her cousin and husband Maurice (Moritz) Freud. In 1898 the family moved to Berlin, where her father ran an import business. Seidmann-Freud had an older sister, Lily Freud, later Lily Marlé. Her younger brother Theodor drowned in Mäckersee, north of Berlin, in 1922. From the age of 15, she used the name Tom. In 1911, she moved to London to attend art school.

Art career

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Seidmann-Freud created Art Nouveau picture books. Her first successes were in 1914. When she returned to Berlin she studied in the School of applied Arts working with wood, stone and copper and experimenting with graphic design, drawing and decorative painting. She remained in Berlin throughout the First World War.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

Between 1918 and 1920 Seidmann-Freud lived in Munich where she met writer Jakob 'Yankel' Seidmann. They married and had one daughter Angela in 1922. The pair co-founded Peregrin publishing house which focused on religious issues for Jewish immigrants. Seidmann-Freud picture book "Die Fischreise" was published by them in 1923. Seidmann-Freud also created play and transformation books for children aimed at encouraging children to read and write. The books were all published in Sütterlin script which has limited the distribution since 1949.

Seidmann-Freud illustrated children's books for the Hebrew poet Hayim Nahman Bialik. Towards this end, her husband founded the Ophir publishing house in July 1922. After Bialik left for Tel Aviv in 1924 and the Great Depression hit Germany in 1929, the company went bankrupt. Yankel Seidmann committed suicide. Deeply depressed, Seidmann-Freud took an overdose of sleeping pills on February 7, 1930. She is buried with her husband in the Berlin-Weissensee Jewish cemetery.[1][2][3][4][6]

After her death

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Fischreise

As Germany moved towards war and the situation became more dangerous for Jews, Seidmann-Freud's daughter, adopted by Lily and her husband Arnold Marlé was sent as part of a child transport to Palestine in 1938. There she took the Hebrew name Aviva where she had children herself and died in May 2011. Mitzi Freud was transported to Treblinka in 1942, where she was murdered in the Holocaust. Many of Seidmann-Freud's books were burned during that time.[1][2][4][6]

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Tom Seidmann-Freud". documenta 14. 2017-09-29. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  2. ^ a b c "The Life and Work of Tom Seidmann-Freud". Freud Museum London. 2018-11-01. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  3. ^ a b "The Tragedy of Tom Seidmann-Freud: An Innovative Jewish Illustrator". The Librarians. 2017-11-20. Retrieved 2020-07-06.
  4. ^ a b c "Tom Seidmann-Freud". Oxford Reference.
  5. ^ Congress, The Library of. "LC Linked Data Service: Authorities and Vocabularies (Library of Congress)". id.loc.gov.
  6. ^ a b c "The Tragic Life and Surreal Illustrations of Tom Seidmann-Freud, Sigmund Freud's Niece". Tablet Magazine. 28 February 2012.
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