Marie Louise Poschacher
Marie Louise Poschacher (born April 1, 1886 in Vienna ; † August 16, 1965 in Mauthausen ) was an Austrian academic sculptor and architect from Mauthausen in Upper Austria .
Life
She was born as the daughter of the Austrian master stonemason , architect and industrialist Anton Poschacher and his wife Louise, b. Ried, born, grew up in Mauthausen and after the death of his father went on extensive trips with his mother, for example in the Mediterranean, Italy, Holland, England and Scandinavia. She used her stay in the capitals to visit the museums, where she was able to greatly expand her artistic horizons. Back home, she took painting lessons in Vienna.
During the First World War she worked as a Red Cross nurse , initially in the surgical clinic of the Vienna General Hospital and from 1915 to 1918 with the Malteser Mission in Sofia . In the course of the collapse in 1918, she lost all of her fortune. For her studies in Munich she gave tutoring in English and French and lived outside the city, as she did not get a permit for Munich.
Apprenticeship, professional stay in Java, return to Mauthausen
From 1920 to 1926 she studied for eleven semesters at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Moritz Heymann and Benno Becker . She primarily studied painting, but in later semesters she specialized in sculpture. In 1927 she completed her studies as an academic sculptor and became a member of the Munich Art Ring. Many of the portraits she made at the time were shown at exhibitions, including in the Munich Glass Palace .
From 1929 to 1934 she lived on Java , where she stayed with friends and earned a living by taking portraits. Among other things, she created busts of the Indian poet Rabindranath Tagore , whose East Asia expedition she accompanied to Bali in August 1927 together with Walter Spies , and of the mayor of Surabaja . She also created numerous grave monuments and portraits of children there.
From Java she made extensive trips to China , Japan , Thailand , Bali and the Philippines , where she organized art exhibitions. In addition to the sculptural work, numerous etchings and watercolors were created .
After their return, a collective exhibition of their works took place in the Vienna Künstlerhaus . Since she suffered from a tropical disease that could not be cured despite several convalescent stays, she was dependent on a wheelchair from 1940. During this time she did not allow herself to be dissuaded from her artistic work. In addition, she dealt with the family history and carried out extensive correspondence with her numerous domestic and foreign acquaintances.
Individual evidence
- ↑ Otto Guem 1966, p. 22ff.
- ↑ Photo v. AABake in the KITLV
literature
- Otto Guem : Academic sculptor Marialuisa Poschacher has passed away. In: Mühlviertler Heimatblätter. Mühlviertel artists' guild in Upper Austria. Volksbildungswerk. Linz 1.1966,1-2, p. 22ff, online (PDF; 1.5 MB) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
- Marie Louise Poschacher. In: German biographical encyclopedia. Saur, Munich 1995-2003. ISBN
3-598-23160-1
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Poschacher, Marie Louise |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Poschacher, Marialuisa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian academic sculptor and architect |
| DATE OF BIRTH | April 1, 1886 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 16, 1965 |
| Place of death | Mauthausen |