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Maria Uhden

German painter (1892-1918)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionMar 13, 2026
Entity authorityQ1896384 ↗
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Maria Uhden (1892 – 1918) was a German painter and printmaker.

Biography

Uhden was born on 6 March 1892 in Coburg, Germany. She was part of the German Expressionist movement. She was married to fellow painter Georg Schrimpf. She died on 14 August 1918 in Munich.

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The public source identifies “Maria Uhden” as german painter (1892-1918). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Maria, Uhden and German.

Editorial reviewA concise reference frame for defining the subject, testing terminology and identifying the institution closest to the evidence. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1892, 1918—that can be checked directly. The authority record carries competing date values—1892-08-06, 1892-03-06—which should remain separate until their references and qualifiers are resolved. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Maria, Uhden and German providing the first useful test.
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Named sources, stable identifiers and responsible institutions provide the strongest route from overview to verifiable evidence. The source revision retrieved here is dated Mar 13, 2026. The linked authority identifier is Q1896384. VIAF identifies the subject as 10641714. The Library of Congress control number is n87898336. 4 of 4 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1892 and 1918.

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This entry incorporates text from “Maria Uhden” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.