Erma Bossi Explained

Erma Bossi
Birth Name:Erma Barrera-Bossi
Birth Date:9 June 1875
Birth Place:Pula, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)
Death Place:Milan, Italy
Nationality:Italian
Field:Painting
Movement:German Expressionism

Erma Bossi (1875–1952) was an Italian painter in the German Expressionist style.[1]

Biography

Bossi was born in 1875 in Pula.[2] She studied art in Munich and was associated with Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky.[3] She was a member of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (Munich New Association of Artists).[4]

She died in 1952 in Milan, Italy.[5] Her work is in the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Kunsthalle Emden. In 2013 the Schlossmuseum Murnau held a retrospective of her work.[6]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Erma Barrera-Bossi . AskArt . 8 August 2020 . 31 October 2015 . https://web.archive.org/web/20151031005556/http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Erma_BarreraBossi/11014237/Erma_BarreraBossi.aspx . live .
  2. Web site: Barrera-Bossi, Erma Biography . MutualArt . 8 August 2020 . en . 4 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210704061326/https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Erma-Barrera-Bossi/4BE7AE36AF133435/Biography . live .
  3. Web site: Barrera-Bossi, Erma . Benezit Dictionary of Artists . 2011 . 10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00012377 . 978-0-19-977378-7 . 8 August 2020 . en . 4 July 2021 . https://web.archive.org/web/20210704061328/https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/abstract/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00012377 . live .
  4. Web site: Erma Bossi Biography . Art Directory GmbH . 8 August 2020 . 14 February 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200214213124/http://www.erma-bossi.com/ . live .
  5. Web site: Erma Bossi . Enciclopedia Delle Donne . 8 August 2020 . it . 18 August 2020 . https://web.archive.org/web/20200818111656/http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/erma-bossi/ . live .
  6. Web site: Erma Bossi - Biografie und Angebote - Kauf und Verkauf . Ketterer Kunst . 8 August 2020 . 15 June 2017 . https://web.archive.org/web/20170615123553/http://kettererkunst.de/bio/erma-bossi-1882.php . live .