Meissen figure of ballet dancer Frida Hess

Meissen figure of ballet dancer Frida Hess. Model number Y194 by Theodor Eichler







“Prima ballerina Frida Hess, seated” by Theodor Eichler
Model number Y 194.
Depicts seated Margareta Frieda Hess (1886 Dresden – 1972 Springfield/USA).
1906-1917 prima ballerina at Dresden Court Theatre.
1919/1920 prima ballerina at the Berlin Metropoltheater.
1920-1934 ran a dance school in Berlin together with her husband.
1934 the Jewish couple Heß-Fleischmann emigrated via France, Switzerland and Spain to the USA.