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Jenny Fikentscher (born Nottebohm) was a German painter and graphic artist associated with the Art Nouveau movement. She studied at the School of Women Painters in Karlsruhe and later became part of the Grötzingen artist colony. Fikentscher married animal painter Otto Fikentscher and raised five children in an unconventional artistic household. She was known for her botanical motifs and lithographs, often featuring local plants. Fikentscher also created collectible images for the Stollwerck chocolate company.
Otto Hermann Fikentscher was a German painter, etcher, lithographer, and sculptor born in 1862 and died in 1945. He studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule de Dresde and the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich. Fikentscher's main focus was on the representation of animals, often in picturesque surroundings, in oil paintings, watercolors, lithographs, or engravings. He exhibited his works several times at major art exhibitions in Berlin, Düsseldorf, Munich, and Karlsruhe.
