Helene Potievyd
Helene Potjewyd , also Helene Potjewijd ; (* July 1, 1872 in Meester Cornelis , Dutch East Indies ; † April 21, 1947 in Buch, Steinakirchen ) was an art collector born in Java .
Life
Helene Potjewyd was born as Helena Maria Hirsch in Java as the daughter of Major Theodor (Bohdan) Hirsch, who was born in Prague, and the Chinese merchant's daughter Sim Kjang. Her first marriage was Karl Broudre von Goruszów . From this marriage there were three children between 1897 and 1900, who were born in Reichenberg in Bohemia.
The marriage ended in divorce early. After the divorce she returned to the Dutch East Indies and married in 1925 (Apostolic Vicariate Batavia) the employee of the Dutch shipping company Andreas Potjewyd (Potjewijd), who later became director of the Bali Hotel in Denpasar ( Bali ).
Helena Potjewyd studied, collected and published her knowledge of her native Java. She traded in her husband's hotel, which became one of the most important addresses for wealthy and prominent tourists, in the works of talented Balinese artists, especially paintings and carvings. She also collected traditional Balinese fairy tales and had them illustrated by local artists.
After her husband's death in 1935, Potjewyd returned to Vienna. In 1946 she donated her art collection of around 710 objects to the Museum of Ethnology in Vienna. These include works by one of the most important Balinese artists, I Gusti Nyoman Lempad (1865–1978).
Web links
- Entry on Helene Potjewyd in the Austria forum
- World Museum Vienna
- Matt Kessler: Broudre genealogy (brother, Broudré, Broudre Edle von Goruszów) . In: Sudetendeutsche Familienforschung . ISSN 0943-8807 , Vol. 14 (2018), pp. 255-261.
Individual evidence
- ^ Museum of Ethnology Vienna: Bali - Art in Transition. April 30, 2011, accessed May 4, 2019 .
- ↑ Weltmuseum Wien, Heldenplatz, 01 Innere Stadt, Vienna: Monkeys, snakes and evil sisters - fairy tales from Bali. Retrieved May 6, 2019 .
- ^ Weltmuseum Wien: Weltmuseum Wien: Collection areas. March 21, 2019, accessed May 6, 2019 .
- ^ H. Lipinskaja: Witnesses and signs of distant countries. In: Austrian newspaper. June 30, 1946, Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
- ^ Oe1.orf.at: Bali - Art in Transition. Retrieved May 4, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Potievyd, Helene |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Potjewijd, Helene; Hirsch, Helena Maria (maiden name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Art collector |
| DATE OF BIRTH | July 1, 1872 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Meester Cornelis |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 21, 1947 |
| Place of death | Book, Steinakirchen |