Maria Viktoria von Attems

Maria Viktoria Josepha Mathilde Jacqueline Countess of Attems-Heiligenkreuz , also: Maria Viktoria Attems (* December 8, 1899 in Vienna ; † June 25, 1983 probably in Millstatt , Carinthia ) was an Austrian restaurateur and hotel owner, but also a painter , draftsman , illustrator and designer .

family

Maria Viktoria von Attems came from a Catholic prehistoric noble family in the Margraviate of Friuli , named after Attimis Castle near Cividale , mentioned in 1025 and first mentioned with Konrad de Attems in 1102, and was the daughter of Viktor Reichsgraf von Attems-Heiligenkreuz (1864– 1947), President of the Austrian Maritime Authority in Trieste and Commander of the Franz Joseph Order , and Mathilde Dorothea Ludovika Schürer von Waldheim (1868–1942).

Attems married Riccardo Marchese Pallavicino (1901–1963), the son of Rolando Marchese Pallavicino (1865–1906) and Bianca Countess of Terlago (1871–1905) in Graz on May 8, 1940 . But the couple had no children, so they a distant nephew, on October 20, 1965 Victor Graf von Attems-Gilleis , (1956 *) adopted .

Life

education

Attems spent her childhood and youth in Trieste and Graz. From 1906 to 1915 she attended the elementary and civil school in Trieste. From 1915 to 1917 she completed a nursing course at the Sacré Cœur Society in Graz. From 1917 to 1922 she studied French at the University of Graz to become a qualified French teacher. In 1922/1923 she attended a household school.

The "Seevilla";
colored postcard from Stengel & Co.

Hotel specialist

From 1923 to 1934 she worked in Millstatt in her parents' hotel "Seevilla". In the period 1932/1933 she attended the commercial school in Vienna. From 1935 to 1951 she was in charge of the “Seevilla”, today a listed sightseeing point on the Milstatter “Villenwanderweg”. From 1951 until all concessions were returned on November 27, 1972, she ran the "Rosenhof", the "Strandcafé" (leased since 1958) and the camping site (leased since 1970) in Millstatt.

artist

Attems had a very broad artistic spectrum - from general painting to book illustrations to postcard drawings. As a designer of stamps ("stamp artist") she was included in the stamp lexicon. She has also made a name for herself by designing bookplates for famous personalities from Italy, Austria and Germany.

She undoubtedly inherited her talent for drawing from her mother, who painted landscape watercolors. At the age of twelve, Attems created her family's pedigree , which she decorated with her own painted coats of arms.

She studied at the Graz Art School with Anton Marussig (1868–1925), Daniel Pauluzzi (1866–1956) and Alfred von Schrötter (1851–1935), later also in Munich and Rome. During many study trips through Italy and Austria, she made numerous pen drawings and sketches of important buildings and landscapes, later also in Vienna a series of buildings and views of Tyrolean castles, monasteries and villas.

At the height of the bookplate age (1890–1925) Attems also devoted himself specifically to this topic. We currently know 32 bookplates and four drafts of her. Above all castles and mansions are shown, often with the family coat of arms of the owner of the bookplate.

Others

At least in March 1921 she corresponded with the poet Rainer Maria Rilke (1875–1926) and a rather extensive correspondence with the poet Börries von Münchhausen (1874–1945) from the years 1920–1945 has been preserved. According to Börries Freiherr von Münchhausen, the ex-libris that he designed for himself in 1930 bears the motto: "Those in the halls never moved me - those in the coffins steered heart and hand."

Works / publications

• Old Graz. after 12 pen drawings by Maria Viktoria Attems, text by Dr. Fritz Popelka. Publishing house Leuschner & Lubensky, Graz 1924.
• Robin Hood. Children's book, pictures by Maria Viktoria Attems, text by Pauli Millner-Helmich. Amadeus-Verlag, Vienna 1947.
• Maria Viktoria Pallavicino: From the autobiography of Andreas von Attems. In: ADLER - magazine for genealogy and heraldry. 8th (XXII.) Volume, Heraldisch Genealogische Gesellschaft "Adler", Vienna 1968–1970.

Web links

• Detailed CV
• Alphabetical list of works of the ex-libris
• Literature by and about Maria Viktoria von Attems in the catalog of the German National Library
• Literature list in the online catalog of the Berlin State Library

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Philalex.de - The philatelic encyclopedia
2. ^ Ferenc Szász: Chronological concordance to Rainer Maria Rilke's printed correspondence. ( Memento of the original from June 24, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. (PDF; 3.3 MB) Budapest 2006, p. 138. 
3. ↑ Archive database of the Goethe and Schiller Archives ( Memento of the original from September 27, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.