Mathilde Sellenati

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Mathilde Sellenati (born March 31, 1834 in Kellerberg , Weißenstein ; † February 17, 1911 in Mauthen ) was an Austrian portrait and landscape painter, mother of Hans Sellenati .

Born Mathilde Martens, daughter of Ludwig Wilhelm Martens, she married the authorized signatory and factory manager Johann Sellenati in Villach on May 20, 1855, and gave birth to four children, one of whom died, including the future painter Hans Sellenati. The marriage was divorced in 1873 and the children stayed with her. She married a Mr. Morocutti for the second time, but he died a short time later. In 1876 Sellenati moved with her three children to Vienna , where she worked as a restorer in the Esterházy family gallery . From 1894 she lived with her daughter, the teacher Friederike Sellenati, in Mauthen in the Gail Valley .

Born Protestant, she then became non-denominational, finally a member of the Swedenborgian denomination . Her father had studied at the Accademia di Belle Arti in Venice in his youth , but remained an amateur. She attended private drawing lessons in Düsseldorf. Thanks to the support and advice of her son Hans, she became a portrait and landscape painter. She mostly signed her works with her maiden name.

Mathilde Sellenati was an unconventional, emancipated woman. In November 1856 she published the “Appeal to the PT Women Villach!” In Villach and tried to found a women's association.

literature

  • Kärntner Nachrichten, February 23, 1911

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SURNAME Sellenati, Mathilde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Martens, Mathilde (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian portrait and landscape painter
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1834
PLACE OF BIRTH Kellerberg (municipality of Weißenstein)
DATE OF DEATH February 17, 1911
Place of death Mauthen