page_title: Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld
hierarchical_section_title: Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld
context_page_description: Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld a respected educator between the World Wars, was the fiancée of Maurycy Gottlieb, perhaps the most famous Jewish painter of his era, until she rejected him for another suitor. The rejection, according to some theories, directly led to the death of this painter in 1879 at the age of 23, 18 months after her rejection. Henschel-Rosenfeld herself was murdered by the Nazis 65 years later at Westerwald. Henschel-Rosenfeld appears in some of Gottlieb's most famous paintings.
context_section_description: Laura Henschel-Rosenfeld (December 25, 1857 – April 1944) a respected educator between the World Wars, was the fiancée of Maurycy Gottlieb, perhaps the most famous Jewish painter of his era, until she rejected him for another suitor.  The rejection, according to some theories, directly led to the death of this painter in 1879 at the age of 23, 18 months after her rejection. Henschel-Rosenfeld herself was murdered by the Nazis 65 years later at Westerwald. Henschel-Rosenfeld appears in some of Gottlieb's most famous paintings.
caption: Portrait of Laura by Gottlieb, 1877
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