Henriette Amalie Lieser
Henriette Amalie Lieser (* July 4, 1875 in Vienna ; † December 3, 1943 in the Riga Ghetto ), known as Lilly Lieser , was a patron of the Vienna art scene.
Life
Lilly Landau was the daughter of the wealthy couple Albert and Fanny Landau. In November 1896 she married the entrepreneur of HITIAG and Imperial Councilor Justus Lieser, with whom she had two daughters, Helene (1898–1962) and Annie (1901–1972). The marriage ended in divorce in 1905. In 1920, Helene was the first woman in Austria to receive a doctorate in political science. Annie was married to the Austrian civil servant Hans Sidonius Becker from 1929 to 1943 .
Between 1910 and 1915 Lilly Lieser was friends with Alma Mahler , their summer houses in Breitenstein were adjacent to each other. They traveled to Scheveningen together , and Lilly helped Alma with an abortion. Lieser sponsored the composer Arnold Schönberg , among others, and let him live rent-free in her house in Vienna at Gloriettegasse 43 in Hietzing between 1915 and 1918 , and she herself lived in a city palace at Argentinierstrasse 20a. Schoenberg also received 500 crowns a month from her and a harmonium made in the USA .
In 1925 she was able to support Alban Berg financially with the printing of his opera Wozzeck , which Berg then dedicated to Alma Mahler.
After the annexation of Austria , Lieser's property and the houses were “ Aryanized ”. They owned furniture, musical instruments and pictures, etc. a. by Maurice Utrillo . Her daughters managed to escape to England and America. Lilly Lieser was deported to Riga on January 11, 1942 , and died there on December 3, 1943. According to other sources, she was transported to Auschwitz and killed there.
Aftermath
In Joshua Sobol's simultaneous drama Alma - A Show Biz at the end , Henriette Amalie Lieser appears as Alma Mahler's friend Lilly Leiser and debates with her her role in the printing of Alban Berg's "Wozzeck".
literature
- Irene Suchy : Lilly Lieser - an overlooked one. A co-producer of Schönberg's music history . in: Austrian music magazine , 10/2008. As a PDF at irenesuchy.org
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Justus Lieser dies in 1927
- ↑ Lieser Henriette , at doew
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lieser, Henriette Amalie |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lieser, Lilly |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian patroness |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 4th July 1875 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 3, 1943 |
| Place of death | Riga ghetto |