Susanne Granitsch

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Susanne Renate Granitsch (born on May 21, 1869 in Vienna ; died on December 2, 1946 in Vienna) was an Austrian painter .

Portrait of a Woman (1904)

Granitsch was born as the daughter of the lawyer Georg Granitsch (1833–1903) and Augusta Antonia Granitsch, b. Panstingel, born in Vienna. She had two siblings, Edith, married von Schickh, and Robert, who died in 1937. Susanne Granitsch remained single and childless.

From 1885 she studied at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Ludwig Minnigerode and Karl Hrachowina , from 1887 then with Karl Karger . In order to be admitted to the art school, she submitted her application under a male pseudonym . Study visits to Munich followed in 1888 and 1892. Under Karger's direction, she created the tile painting Die Gartenpflege and a painting for the dining room of the Töpper Castle near Scheibbs . Her works were exhibited in the Künstlerhaus . She created two of the sgraffito paintings at the Austrian Museum of Applied Arts .

Allegory of Architecture at the MAK

Granitsch was a co-founder of the group of eight women artists .

Susanne Granitsch is buried at the Hadersdorf-Weidlingau cemetery in Department 1, Number 11.

Web links

Commons : Susanne Granitsch  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. a b Susanne Renate Granitsch. 1869 Vienna - 1946 Vienna. In: Austrian Gallery Belvedere. Retrieved April 2, 2019 .
  2. a b c Susanne Granitsch in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  3. ↑ A summary of the acquisition of art objects from the akad collection. Painter Susanne Renate Granitsch through the municipal collections. In: Fourth report of the incumbent City Council for Culture and Science on the transfer of ownership of art and cultural objects from the collections of the museums of the City of Vienna and the Vienna City and State Library in accordance with the municipal council resolution of April 29, 1999. August 14, 2003, accessed April 2, 2019 .
  4. Susanna Granitsch in the search for the deceased at friedhoefewien.at