Elise Ransonnet-Villez

Self portrait

Elise Ransonnet-Villez or Elisa Nemes-Ransonnet (born October 8, 1843 in Vienna , † October 25, 1899 in Brixen ) was an Austrian painter.

Life

Ransonnet-Villez came from a noble French family. She studied painting with Franz von Lenbach and Heinrich von Angeli and graphics with William Unger . Since 1876 she exhibited her works at art exhibitions in Vienna and Munich, but also internationally. On June 19, 1864 she married the Hungarian Count Ferdinand (Nándor) Nemes von Hidvég (* November 1835, imperial cavalry captain in the army), so that she came to Hungary. There she met many representatives of the Austro-Hungarian celebrities. In 1879 she painted the portrait of Franz Liszt . She also portrayed u. a. the Hungarian politicians Ferenc Deák and Albin Csáky . In addition to portraits, she also painted still lifes . Ransonnet-Villez visited Egypt and the Netherlands . She donated a grant for young artists.

As Elise Nemes, she was a full member of the Association of Writers and Artists Vienna from 1885 .


Two kittens		Franz Liszt

Works (selection)

1875: Baron Ransonnet and Portrait of a Man (Budapest Museum)
around 1876: Interior view of St. Stephen's Cathedral in Vienna and a self-portrait (International Exhibition in Philadelphia)
The Mistress Homecoming (annual exhibition in Vienna 1878)
Also a conversation and a female student (1883 in the Munich Glass Palace)
Chess game
1886: Two kittens
1891: Gypsy idyll

literature

Nemes-Ransonnet, Elise. In: Friedrich von Boetticher: painter works of the 19th century. Contribution to art history. Volume 2/1, sheets 1–32: Mayer, Ludwig – Rybkowski. Ms. v. Boetticher's Verlag, Dresden 1898, p. 135 ( archive.org ).
Ransonnet-Villez, Elise . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 28 : Ramsden-Rosa . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1934, p. 10 .
Nemes-Ransonnet, Elise (Countess of Hidveg, or Hildveg). In: Emmanuel Bénézit (Ed.): Benezit Dictionary of Artists. (English, restricted access: doi: 10.1093 / benz / 9780199773787.article.B00129454 ) or In: Dictionnaire critique et documentaire des peintres, sculpteurs, dessinateurs & graveurs de tous les temps et de tous les pays. E. Gründ, Paris 1924, p. 353 (French, Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

Web links

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Individual evidence

↑ International exhibition 1876 official catalog . Part II: Art gallery, annexes, and outdoor works of art . John R. Nagle and Company, Philadelphia 1876, p. 89-90 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).
↑ Constantin von Wurzbach : Nemes, the count family, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 20th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1869, p. 178 ( digitized version ).
↑ Marianne Baumgartner: The Association of Writers and Artists in Vienna: (1885-1938). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-79702-9 , p. 371. ( limited preview in Google book search)

personal data
SURNAME	Ransonnet-Villez, Elise
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Nemes-Ransonnet, Eliza; Nemes, Elise; Ransonnet by Villez, Elisabeth Freiin
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian portrait painter
DATE OF BIRTH	October 8, 1843
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	October 25, 1899
Place of death	Brixen

[1] International exhibition 1876 official catalog . Part II: Art gallery, annexes, and outdoor works of art . John R. Nagle and Company, Philadelphia 1876, p. 89-90 ( Textarchiv - Internet Archive ).

[2] Constantin von Wurzbach : Nemes, the count family, genealogy . In: Biographisches Lexikon des Kaiserthums Oesterreich . 20th part. Kaiserlich-Königliche Hof- und Staatsdruckerei, Vienna 1869, p. 178 ( digitized version ).

[3] Marianne Baumgartner: The Association of Writers and Artists in Vienna: (1885-1938). Böhlau Verlag, Vienna 2015, ISBN 978-3-205-79702-9 , p. 371. ( limited preview in Google book search)