Eight artists

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Eight artists , including the Group of Eight artists or eight artists , an exhibition of convenience called by painters, graphic artists and sculptors of the fin de siècle in Vienna .

The group of women artists was mixed and did not represent a uniform artistic program. The initiators who were active for several years included: Bertha von Tarnóczy (1846–1936), Marie Egner (1850–1940), Marianne von Eschenburg (1857–1937), Susanne Granitsch (1869–1946), Marie Müller (1847–1935) , Eugenie Breithut-Munk (1867–1914), Hedwig Friedländer . The sculptor Teresa Ries also joined .

The Viennese art dealer Gustav Pisko (1866–1911) offered exhibition space, although the exhibitions were unsuccessful. The Viennese art historian Sabine Plakolm-Forsthuber attributes this to the dominance of the then male-dominated Viennese cultural scene. The exhibitions took place from 1900 to 1909 at one to two-year intervals in the Pisko Art Salon, one of the most important art salons in Fin de Siècle Vienna, which was founded in 1895.

The group also accepted guests early on, according to the Viennese portrait painter Josefine Swoboda . In the second exhibition, entitled “Eight Artists and Their Guests”, their works were also shown by Olga Wisinger-Florian , Ernestine von Kirchberg , Melanie von Horsetzky , Hermine von Janda , Marie Chaloupek and Marie Arnsburg . The contact between the artists was mainly characterized by correspondence.

reception

The significance of the group of women artists lies in their pioneering role for the women artists' associations that actually established themselves from 1910 onwards, such as the Association of Austrian Women Artists . Although forgotten for around 100 years, they came back into the interest of feminist traces. An art historical consideration, apart from individual artists, has not yet taken place for the group.

literature

  • Sabine Forsthuber: Between self-administration and marketing. The art of Viennese women in exhibitions. In: Ines Lindner u. a. (Ed.): Blick-Wechsel. Reimer, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-496-00471-1 , pp. 131-147.
  • Julie M. Johnson: The Memory Factory. The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900. Purdue University Press, West Lafayette, Indiana 2012, ISBN 978-1-55753-613-6 , pp. 260-268.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Sabine Forsthuber: Between self-administration and marketing. The art of Viennese women in exhibitions. In: Ines Lindner u. a. (Ed.): Blick-Wechsel. Reimer, Berlin 1989, ISBN 3-496-00471-1 , p. 132.
  2. ↑ a b Eight artists and their guests (exhibition in Salon Pisko). In: New women's life. 14th year, No. 1 (1902).