Aurelie Obermayer
Aurelie Obermayer , b. Wallner (born September 25, 1845 in Dobromyl , Galicia , † January 23, 1922 in Vienna ), was an Austrian writer who earned services, among other things, in the field of artistic knitting . She also published under the pseudonym Anonyma .
Life
Obermayer was born as the daughter of a councilor in Dobromyl. She received a good upbringing and early married the k. u. k. State Railways August Obermayer († 1888). Obermayer was committed to caring for orphans and the poor and volunteered as an orphan mother for twelve years . After she had to give up her position for health reasons, the City Council of Vienna honored her with the golden Salvator Medal for her voluntary work. Obermayer processed her experiences, among other things, in feature articles and novellas , which appeared in Austrian and German newspapers initially under the pseudonym Anonyma and later under her real name. In Marianne Nigg's magazine Frauen-Werke , Obermayer published, among other things, her serial novella Goldcut .
In addition to her literary work, Obermayer devoted herself to knitting , which she wanted to give new meaning. In the field of artistic knitting, she acquired two patents and in 1895 received a concession from the Austrian Lieutenancy in Vienna to set up and run a private educational institution for artistic knitting, where young women were taught. The school was opened in the same year as the first Austrian private teaching institute for artistic knitting in Vienna. In September 1896 Obermayer published her non-fiction book Technik der Kunststrickerei , which was subsidized by Emperor Franz Joseph I among others . In the following years she gave lectures on the history of artistic knitting in Brno and Vienna , among others . In 1898 Obermayer lived in Vienna.
Works
- Gilt edging (novella, 1894)
- The technique of artistic knitting (1897)
- The fairy tale kettle (fairy tales and all sorts, 1910)
- I can do needlework (1914, cooperation)
literature
- Elisabeth Friedrichs: The German-speaking women writers of the 18th and 19th centuries. A lexicon (= repertories on German literary history 9). Metzler, Stuttgart 1981, ISBN 3-476-00456-2 , p. 223.
- Obermayer, Mrs. Aurelia . In: Sophie Pataky (Hrsg.): Lexicon of German women of the pen . Volume 2. Verlag Carl Pataky, Berlin 1898, p. 99 f. ( Digitized version ).
Web links
- Aurelie Obermayer's gilt edging as an e-book (PDF; 206 kB)
- Aurelie Obermayer in the database Women in Motion 1848–1938 of the Austrian National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ A pioneer of female handicraft. In: Oesterreichische Kronen-Zeitung. Illustrirtes Tagblatt / Illustrierte Kronen-Zeitung / Wiener Kronen-Zeitung , 26 January 1922, p. 4 (online at ANNO ).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Obermayer, Aurelie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Obermayer-Wallner, Aurelie (author's name); Anonyma (pseudonym); Obermayer, Aurelia (author's name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian teacher and writer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | September 25, 1845 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Dobromyl , Galicia |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 23, 1922 |
| Place of death | Vienna |