Scandal! Hermione von Preuschen and the "Mors Imperator"

The Alte Nationalgalerie is dedicating its exhibition "Scandal! Hermione von Preuschen and the “Mors Imperator”" to the painter, writer, and world traveler Hermione von Preuschen. The focus is on her 1887 painting “Mors Imperator,” whose rejection by the Berlin Academy of Arts made her famous overnight.