Olga Wisinger-Florian
Olga Wisinger-Florian (born November 1, 1844 in Vienna ; † February 27, 1926 in Grafenegg ) was an Austrian painter of impressionism . Her work consists of landscape and flower pictures. In her youth, Wisinger-Florian learned the piano under Julius Epstein and worked as a concert pianist for a few years before she had to break off this career in 1874 because of health problems with one hand. Then she began to be active as a painter and studied as such with Melchior Fritsch and from 1879 with August Schaeffer von Wienwald .
Life
In 1880 she became a student of Emil Jakob Schindler , with whom she went on several study trips and who strongly influenced her in his way of depicting landscapes, mood impressionism. The following year, the painter's first solo exhibition took place in the Vienna Künstlerhaus , and later pictures of her were exhibited several times in the Vienna Secession . Internationally they made the world exhibitions in Paris and Chicago. After Wisinger-Florian broke away from Schindler in 1884, her painting became more realistic. Later, the painter, who was also involved in the bourgeois women's and peace movement, used brighter colors for her pictures, reminiscent of Expressionism .
Wisinger-Florian's works have been bought by prominent figures, including Franz Joseph I , and she herself has been honored with several awards (including the Great Golden State Medal in 1905).
After her death, Olga Wisinger-Florian was buried in an honorary grave in Vienna's central cemetery (group 21, row G1, no. 26).
In 2019, Olga-Wisinger-Florian-Platz in Vienna- Wieden (4th district) was named after her.
Works (selection)
Market square of Gars am Kamp, 1889
Falling leaves, 1899
Still life with field crops, around 1900
Blooming cottage garden, around 1900
Blooming apple trees, 1906
Landscape, 1906–1908
In the rose garden, 1910
Aulandschaft, 1926
literature
- Marianne Baumgartner: The Association of Writers and Artists in Vienna (1885–1938) Vienna / Cologne / Weimar: Böhlau 2015, pp. 327–340.
- Stella Rollig and Rolf H. Johannsen: Say it through the flower! Viennese flower painting from Waldmüller to Klimt. Publication on the occasion of the exhibition of the same name from June 22 to September 30, 2018 in the Orangery of the Lower Belvedere, Vienna. Munich: Prestel 2018.
- Andreas Weigel : “Paint the market square, enjoy the Gars , Olga Wisinger-Florian's Gars summer retreat”. In: Franz von Suppè (1819–1895). Human. Myth. Musician. Honorary citizen of Gars (Gars am Kamp) 2019. pp. 196–217.
Web links
- Literature by and about Olga Wisinger-Florian in the catalog of the German National Library
- Olga Wisinger-Florian in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- Article at the University of Vienna
- Entry on Olga Wisinger-Florian in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Lexicon article by the Sophie Drinker Institute
- Andreas Weigel: Ignaz Rainharter: “The twelve months. A cycle of paintings by Ms. Olga Wisinger-Florian ”. Olga Wisinger-Florians Gars Connections (Accessed March 21, 2020).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from April 24, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ https://www.friedhoefewien.at/media/download/2020/Wiener%20Zentral_334730.pdf
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Wisinger-Florian, Olga |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 1, 1844 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 27, 1926 |
| Place of death | Grafenegg |