Mathilde Tardif

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Mathilde Tardif (* 1872 in Marseille ; † May 5, 1929 in Woltersdorf (Lauenburg) ) was a French painter.

life and work

Little is known about Mathilde Tardif. She was born in Marseille in 1872 to French parents. Between 1894 and 1897 she trained at the Académie Julian in Paris. There she met the German painter Leo von König . Between 1901 and 1906 she exhibited five times as a guest of the Berlin Secession . In 1907 she married Leo von König. Her name was now Mathilde Freifrau von König-Tardif. She brought her daughter Yvonne (1892–1957) with her into the marriage, who was adopted by Leo von König. The couple traveled to Portugal and Spain from April to October 1908 together with their friends Anna and Julius Meier-Graefe .

From 1912 the von König couple lived in Berlin- Schlachtensee . The divorce took place in 1920. Her daughter Yvonne married the painter Walter Becker (1893–1984) in 1923 . In the same year they moved to Cassis-sur-Mer ( Provence ) together.

On May 5, 1929, Mathilde Tardif passed away voluntarily in the house of Leo von Königs’s parents. She was buried in the family grave of the von König family in Potsdam . On the occasion of her death, Gerhart Hauptmann sent a telegram to Leo von König on May 17, 1929: “You know how we remember Mathilde von Koenig as one of the noblest, most important and lovable women. This is how Grete and I keep her in mind. I wanted to tell you that with the deepest part of your pain. Your Gerhart Hauptmann ”.

70 small-format works by Mathilde Tardif are currently known, all in mixed media on paper, cardboard or wood.

Exhibitions

  • 1901–1906: Berlin Secession, Berlin
  • 2020: Das Verborgene Museum , Berlin, solo exhibition (postponed to January 2021 due to Covid-19)

literature

  • Eva-Maria Herbertz: Life in its shadow. Women of famous artists . Munich 2006, p. 64 ff.
  • Ingrid von der Dollen: The painter Mathilde Tardif. Panopticon of society around 1900 . Tutzing 2020.
  • Ingrid von der Dollen: Panopticon of society around 1900. The painter Mathilde Tardif . In: MuseumsJournal Berlin & Potsdam , 2/2020, p. 62 f.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Ingrid von der Dollen (2020): The painter Mathilde Tardif. Panopticon of the Society around 1900, Edition Joseph Hierling, Tutzing
  2. ^ Julius Meier-Graefe (1923²): Spanische Reise, Fischer, Berlin
  3. ↑ Ingrid von der Dollen (2018²): Walter Becker, Painting and Graphics, Edition Joseph Hierling, Tutzing, p. 26ff.
  4. ^ Berlin State Library, manuscript department: Gerhart Hauptmann estate; Signature: GH Br NL (formerly AdK) B 1264/1
personal data
SURNAME Tardif, Mathilde
ALTERNATIVE NAMES King-Tardif, Mathilde Freifrau von
BRIEF DESCRIPTION French painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1872
PLACE OF BIRTH Marseille
DATE OF DEATH May 5, 1929
Place of death Woltersdorf (Lauenburg)