Self-study with her father, Wilhelm Steinhausen, and her godfather, Hans Thoma. 1910-1914 lives with her husband, the poet and writer Alfons Paquet, in Dresden-Hellerau. Study trips to Vienna, Paris, and London. Takes part in the annual fine-art exhibitions in Frankfurt am Main as well as Berlin and Cologne. 1951 major exhibition in Frankfurt's Kunstverein.