7/2/2023 0 Comments Dr. marie louise von franz![]() ![]() ![]() Silvia Koller with Bird Cage by Broncia Koller-Pinell (c.1905) “…to give the ladies of the arts and crafts the opportunity for mutual stimulation in their work and mutual support in their endeavours, to raise a sense and taste for beauty and to develop artistic understanding in women’s circles more and more…” The Munich Women Artists’ Association was founded in 1882 and according to the statutes, the primary goal was: In 1885, Broncia went to Munich and enrolled at the so-called “Ladies Academy” at the Munich Kunstverein and this presented the young painter with the opportunity to further professionalize her skills in a single-sex art class. Seated Woman (Marietta) by Broncia Koller-Pinell (1907) When she was eighteen, he had her receive private lessons from the sculptor Josef Raab and after Raab’s death in 1883, she was tutored by Alois Delug, the Austrian painter and later a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna. Broncia developed a love of art and her father Saul did everything he could to nurture his daughter’s love of painting and sketching. It was also the time when the family name was changed to “Pinell”. ![]() Her father had set up a manufacturing business just outside the city. Stanislaus Pineles, became a lawyer and lecturer at the University of Vienna, and Friedrich Pineles, a physician at the Wiener Allgemeine Krankenhaus and later head of the Franz-Josefs Ambulatorium.Įgon Scheile and his wife Edith by Broncia Koller-Pinell (1918)Īt the age of seven, Broncia moved with her family to Vienna. She was the fourth-born of five children and had two older brothers, Markus and Stanislaus and an older sister Erika, and younger brother Friedrich. She was one of five children brought up by Orthodox Jewish parents, Klara Chaja and Saul Pineles, an architect of military fortifications. It is a strange story as she was listed as one of the most important Austrian artists of the turn of the 20th century – even though her name has by now largely slipped into obscurity.īronislawa (Broncia) Pineles was born on February 23rd 1863 in the town of Sanok, which is situated in the extreme south-east of Poland close to both the Polish and Ukrainian borders. I was fascinated by what I read and so I decided to feature the young Austrian painter in one of my blogs. She was an Austrian Expressionist painter who specialized in portraits and still-lifes. “…Broncia Koller-Pinell is listed as one of Austria’s most important female artists of the turn of the 20th century – but today her name has been almost entirely forgotten…” It was about the life and works of the Austrian artist Bronislawa (Broncia) Pinell, later, Broncia Koller-Pinell and the headline read: I was reading an article entitled A Forgotten Fame in the German Arts magazine, Schirn Mag. ![]()
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