Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven

Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven
Freytag-Loringhoven portrait, with ink decoration added by the Baroness, as it appeared in the September–December 1920 issue (Vol. 7, No. 3) of The Little Review (New York)
Born
Else Hildegard Plötz

12 July 1874
Died14 December 1927(1927-12-14) (aged 53)
Paris, France
Known forPoetry, sound poetry
Notable workBody Sweats
MovementNew York Dada, avant-garde
Spouse(s)August Endell
Frederick Philip Grove
Baron Leopold von Freytag-Loringhoven

Elsa Baroness von Freytag-Loringhoven (née Else Hildegard Plötz; 12 July 1874 – 14 December 1927) was a German-born avant-garde visual artist and poet, who was active in Greenwich Village, New York, from 1913 to 1923, where her radical self-displays came to embody a living Dada. She was considered one of the most controversial and radical women artists of the era.

Her provocative poetry was published posthumously in 2011 in Body Sweats: The Uncensored Writings of Elsa von Freytag-Loringhoven.[1] The New York Times praised the book as one of the notable art books of 2011.[2]

  1. ^ Cite error: The named reference SWEATS was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ Smith, Roberta (2011-11-21). "Art Books Recommended as Gifts for Art Lovers". The New York Times.