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1919 Kappel am Krappfeld, Austria - 2014 Vienna, Austria. Known for: Abstract self portriature, figurative art.
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94. By RANDY KENNEDY. MAY 9, 2014. Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter whose fierce... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94. By RANDY KENNEDY. MAY 9, 2014. Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter whose fierce devotion to self-portraiture — in lacerating, darkly funny, often grotesque ways — led her through... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94. By RANDY KENNEDY. MAY 9, 2014. Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter whose fierce devotion to self-portraiture — in lacerating, darkly funny, often grotesque ways — led her through decades of obscurity to a celebrated late-flowering career, died on Tuesday in Vienna. She was 94. Her death was announced by Hauser & Wirth, the gallery that represented her for many years along with... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94. By RANDY KENNEDY. MAY 9, 2014. Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter whose fierce devotion to self-portraiture — in lacerating, darkly funny, often grotesque ways — led her through decades of obscurity to a celebrated late-flowering career, died on Tuesday in Vienna. She was 94. Her death was announced by Hauser & Wirth, the gallery that represented her for many years along with the Friedrich Petzel Gallery. She is the subject of a survey, through May 25, at MoMA PS1 in Queens, spanning more than 50 years of her painting. Ms. Lassnig was unusual among late-20th century figurative artists in working not from photography or... Read full biography
Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist. Maria Lassnig, Painter of Self From the Inside Out, Dies at 94. By RANDY KENNEDY. MAY 9, 2014. Maria Lassnig, an Austrian painter whose fierce devotion to self-portraiture — in lacerating, darkly funny, often grotesque ways — led her through decades of obscurity to a celebrated late-flowering career, died on Tuesday in Vienna. She was 94. Her death was announced by Hauser & Wirth, the gallery that represented her for many years along with the Friedrich Petzel Gallery. She is the subject of a survey, through May 25, at MoMA PS1 in Queens, spanning more than 50 years of her painting. Ms. Lassnig was unusual among late-20th century figurative artists in working not from photography or observation but from what she called "body awareness," a Surrealist-influenced method of paint... Read full biography
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Keywords (19)
Art Method
Art Media
- •Acrylic Paint
- •Charcoal
- •Colored Pencil
- •Gouache
- •Mixed Media, Multi Media and/or Multli Styles
- •Oil Paint
- •Video Art, Documentary Photo, Cinema, Filmmaking
- •Watercolor/Watercolour
Art Style
- •Abstraction, Abstract
- •Surrealism, Surrealist
Art Subject
- •Figure, Figurative Humans
- •Self-Portrait
Geography/Places Lived and/or Worked
- •England, London Great Britain After 1900
- •Paris Studied and/or Worked After 1900
Art School
- •Vienna Academy of Fine Arts, Student
Added Description
- •Portrait Specialty
Ethnicity of Artist
- •Austrian
Exhibition/Expo: Regional/National/International
- •Venice Biennale