Clara Westhoff
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Clara Westhoff (born 21 September 1878 in Bremen; died 9 March 1954 in Fischerhude) was a sculptress.
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At the early age of 17 Clara Westhoff went to Munich where she attended a private art school. In 1898 she moved to Worpswede and learnt sculpture with Fritz Mackensen. She continued in 1899 with Carl Seffner and Max Klinger in Leipzig and in 1900 with Rodin in Paris. A year later she married the poet Rainer Maria Rilke in Worpswede. Eighteen years later, in 1919, she moved to Fischerhude with her daughter, Ruth.
