Editha Moser

Editha "Ditha" Moser (born April 12, 1883 in Vienna , † November 3, 1969 in Mödling ) was an Austrian graphic artist . In 1905 she married Koloman Moser (1868–1918), and in 1919 Adolf Hauska (1881–1929).

Life

Editha Mautner von Markhof was one of five daughters of the industrialist Karl Ferdinand Mautner von Markhof (1834-1896 suicide), from his second marriage to Editha, geb. Sunstenau von Schützenthal (1846–1918). She had two older sisters: Hertha Anna (1879–1970), later married to Gustav Jäger (1865–1938) and Magda (1881–1944), who later married the teacher and hotelier Alois Grasmayr (1876–1955).

She studied architecture in the class of Josef Hoffmann at the Kunstgewerbeschule Vienna from 1902 to 1905 and in the drawing class of Carl Otto Czeschka as well as writing and heraldry with Rudolf von Larisch . She had known Koloman Moser since 1903 . They married on July 1, 1905. This marriage resulted in two sons: Karl (Carl) Moser (* August 21, 1906 - February 26, 1976) and Dietrich (* July 1, 1909 - June 21, 1925).

Moser's grave in the Hietzingen cemetery

Ditha Moser became known as a graphic artist with a focus on the design of calendars and playing cards - her tarot and her whist deck became famous, among other things . After the death of her husband Koloman Moser on October 18, 1918, who was buried in the Hietzingen cemetery (grave location 16-14D), she was no longer artistically active.

On February 23, 1919, Ditha Moser married the coffee house owner Adolf Hauska (1881–1929) because she had become pregnant. This marriage resulted in three children: Editha (born September 18, 1919 - † April 9, 1920), Theodor (born January 28, 1920 - † January 10, 1921) and Adolf (1922–1945). The two young children who died early were also buried in the Hietzingen cemetery, in a grave, where a few years later Adolf Hauska was also buried at the age of 48 (grave location 49–23). Ditha Moser herself found her final resting place in the grave of Koloman Moser (location of the grave: group 16-14D). Their sons Dietrich and Karl, as well as Maria Johanna (1910–1984) and Wolfgang Julius Koloman Moser (1932–1984) were also buried there.

literature

• Koloman Moser 1868–1918. Catalog exhibition 2007. Leopold Museum, Vienna 2007.

Web links

• Editha Entry on Editha Moser in the Austria Forum  (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
• Sieglinde Brunner: Editha Moser , short biography, at unlearned lessons (de)