The story of her life was made into two books, Man into Woman, and the international bestseller The Danish Girl, as well as the 2015 film of the same name starring Eddie Redmayne. Elbe se spécialise dans la peinture de paysages, tandis que Gottlieb illustre des livres et des revues de mode. Elbe was buried in Trinitatisfriedhof [de] (Trinity Cemetery) in Dresden. Through these experiences, Einar began to envision living life as a woman. She even quit painting, because she thought it was a part of Einar’s personality and life, not hers. Lili Ilse Elvenes, better known as Lili Elbe (28 December 1882 - 13 September 1931) was born Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener and was a successful landscape painter under that name. Lili Elbe (født Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener, senere Lili Ilse Elvenes, 28. december 1882- 13 september, 1931) var en banebrydende transseksuelle kvinde. Lili Elbe was born on 28 December 1882 in a small fjord-side town of Vejle, Denmark.

If you see something that doesn't look right, contact us! En 1930, Lili se rend en Allemagne pour bénéficier en deux ans d'une série de cinq opérations de réattribution sexuelle, techniques encore expérimentales à l'époque. Née Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener le 28 décembre 1882 à Vejle au Danemark, Elbe étudie à la Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, où elle rencontre sa future femme Gerda Gottlieb. At the time, Wegener’s wife Gerda was painting the portrait of Anna Larsen, a famous Danish actor.

Les autres opérations ont lieu à Dresde par Kurt Warnekros. She developed an infection and died on the 13 September 1931. [10][11], It is speculated that Elbe was intersex,[12][13][14] although that has been disputed. Gottlieb devint célèbre pour ses portraits de belles femmes chics aux yeux en amande et regard de braise. Georges Braque was a 20th century French painter best known for inventing Cubism with Pablo Picasso.

Elbe died from heart paralysis shortly after at the Women’s Clinic in Dresden while recovering from her final surgery in 1931, just shy of her 49th birthday. Aliases: Einar-Wegener, Lili Elbe, Einar Morgens Andreas Wegener, Einar Morgens Magnus Andreas Wegener. [22][21] The rest of her surgeries were carried out by Kurt Warnekros, a doctor at the Dresden Municipal Women's Clinic.

Elbe’s story was published after her death by Ernst Ludwig Harthern-Jacobson (under the pseudonym Niels Hoyer) who culled her life's history from her personal diaries in accordance with her last wishes. Painter Frida Kahlo was a Mexican artist who was married to Diego Rivera and is still admired as a feminist icon. [19], Elbe started dressing in women's clothes after she found she enjoyed the stockings and heels she wore to fill in for Gottlieb's model, actress Anna Larssen, who on one occasion was late for a sitting. When asked by his artist wife to dress in women’s garments as a model, Elbe began to identify as a woman.

They got married in 1904 when Wegener was 22 and Gottlieb was 19, and stayed as a couple until 1930 when Wegener’s transition to a woman began.

Son système immunitaire rejette la greffe, et elle contracte une infection.

Il reçoit d'abord un bon accueil à la Mostra de Venise en septembre puis lors de sa sortie, bien que le choix d'un homme cisgenre pour interpréter le rôle de Lili Elbe ait été critiqué[26],[27]. [18] Elbe received the Neuhausens prize in 1907 and exhibited at Kunstnernes Efterårsudstilling (the Artists' Fall Exhibition), at the Vejle Art Museum in Denmark, where she remains represented, and in the Saloon and Salon d'Automne in Paris. Filter by post type. C'est à la suite d'une séance de pose pour Gottlieb, qui lui avait demandé de remplacer son modèle absent en portant ses bas et talons hauts, qu'Elbe commence à s'identifier en tant que femme[19]. https://www.biography.com/artist/lili-elbe. I liked the feel of soft women’s clothing… I felt very much at home in them from the first moment.”. Elle fait alors officiellement changer son identité et reçoit un passeport au nom de Lili Ilse Elvenes. The real story, though, is more complex.

Lili Elbe and Eddie Redmayne as Lili Elbe in "The Danish Girl" | Courtesy of Working Title, Pretty Pictures, Artemis Productions, Revision Pictures, Senator Global Productions. Nineteenth century Austrian painter Gustav Klimt is known for the highly decorative style of his works, his most famous being The Kiss and the Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer. Lili Elbe (née Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener, plus tard Lili Ilse Elvenes; 28 décembre 1882 - 13 septembre 1931) était une femme transgenre pionnière.

I turned round and stared myself in a mirror again and again, trying to recognize myself. A Danish court annulled the couple's marriage in October 1930,[26] and Elbe was able to have her sex and name legally changed, including receiving a passport as Lili Ilse Elvenes.
We strive for accuracy and fairness. He was raised as a male child with the name Einar Magnus Andreas Wegener. Après l'opération réussie en 1930, elle fit officialiser son changement de nom en Lili Ilse El…