Gerda Wegener was a Danish fashion illustrator and painter of lesbian erotica in the 1930s. She was married to Lili Elbe, one of the first-ever documented recipients of sex reassignment surgery. Born Gerda Marie Fredrikke Gottlieb on March 15, 1886 in Hammelev, Denmark in 1886, Gerda grew up in Hobro and moved to Copenhagen as a teenager to pursue her artistic interests at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts. She worked as a successful fashion illustrator for magazines such as Vogue and also painted erotic imagery of women. She married fellow artist Einar Wegener, who became Lili Elbe, one of the first-ever documented recipients of sex reassignment surgery. Gottlieb's small town life as the daughter of a clergyman and her artistic inclinations left her craving more. She left home at the age of 17 to enroll at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts in Copenhagen. There she met and fell in love with fellow artist Einar Wegener (later Lili Elbe). Gottlieb and Wegener were soon married at the ages of 19 and 22, respectively, and Gottlieb's career began to take off.... Wegener’s fashion industry paintings featured beautiful women dressed in chic attire, one of the most popular of which was a captivating lady with a stylish short bob, full lips, and haunting almond-shaped brown eyes. What came as a surprise to most, however, was that this mysterious beauty was her husband, Einar, who posed as her fashion model while donning women’s clothing.... (https://www.biography.com/people/gerda-wegener-090915) Gerda Marie Fredrikke Gottlieb; Danish fine-artist, illustrator and painter best known for erotica. Her artwork largely contains images of fashionable women in the style of art nouveau and later art deco. ...Gerda died on July 28, 1940, in Frederiksberg, Denmark. Just a few months prior to Gerda's death, following the onset of World War II, Nazi Germany invaded Denmark in April 1940. Her small estate was auctioned off... (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gerda_Wegener) undefined

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