Rosa Schweninger
Rosa Schweninger (born February 11, 1848 in Vienna ; † October 17, 1918 there ) was an Austrian painter.
Life
Rosa Schweninger came from a Viennese family of artists, she was the daughter of the painter Carl Schweninger the Elder (1818–1887) and sister of the painter Carl Schweninger the Younger (1854–1903). After her first painting lessons with her father, she studied painting from 1869 to 1871 at the kk Kunstgewerbeschule of the kk Österreichisches Museum für Kunst und Industrie under Friedrich Sturm (1822–1898). She mainly painted portraits and flower still lifes.
Her pictures were exhibited at the 1893 Chicago World's Fair.
She portrayed the Sibiu composer Bertha von Brukenthal , who dedicated her Zwei Lieder, op.20 , to her . The portrait of Bertha von Brukenthal is in the Brukenthal Museum in Sibiu , Romania .
gallery
Expectation
Young lady with puppy dog
Girl with Saint Bernard dog
summer
Still life with fruits and roses
literature
- Schwenninger, Rosa . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General lexicon of fine artists from antiquity to the present . Founded by Ulrich Thieme and Felix Becker . tape 30 : Scheffel – Siemerding . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1936.
- H. Grimm: Schweninger, Rosa (1848–1918). In: Austrian Biographical Lexicon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Volume 12, Verlag der Österreichischen Akademie der Wissenschaften, Vienna 2001-2005, ISBN 3-7001-3580-7 , p. 48.
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Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schweninger, Rosa |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1848 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 17, 1918 |
| Place of death | Vienna |