Anna May-Rychter

Anna May-Rychter (Anna von May Rychter) (1864-1955). (b. Regensburg, Germany, 1864). May-Rychter was a German-born, early twentieth century artist known for her watercolors of the Holy Land.
She was born in Regensburg, the oldest daughter of Councilor Henry May, the personal physician of the Prince of Thurn and Taxis. Rychter left his wife, Krakow artist Bronislawa Janowska to be with Anna May, but since he was Catholic and could not obtain a divorce, they could not be legally wed, which may have explained their decision to settle in Palestine.

May-Rychter and Rychter worked with Steiner on the construction of the first Goetheanum and were members of the artist's group "Aenigma". The Rychters arrived in Jerusalem in 1924.<ref nameHammersite/> They earned a living by selling their paintings of the Christian Holy sites to tourists.<ref nameHammersite/> Many of her surviving paintings were in the posession of British families whose ancestors purchased them while stationed with the British administration of in Mandatory Palestine.<ref nameRapp/> Tadeusz Rychter returned to Poland at the time of the German invasion in 1939, and disappeared.<ref nameRapp/> Anna lived out her life in Jerusalem.<ref name=Rapp/>
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