Louise Fraenkel-Hahn Explained

Louise Fraenkel-Hahn
Birth Name:Louise Hahn
Birth Date:12 July 1878
Birth Place:Vienna, Austria
Death Place:Paris, France
Nationality:Austrian
Education:University of Applied Arts Vienna, Munich Association of Women Artists
Field:painting

Louise Fraenkel-Hahn (1878-1939) was an Austrian painter and founding member of the Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs.

Biography

Fraenkel-Hahn née Hahn was born on 12 July 1878 in Vienna, Austria.[1] She attended the University of Applied Arts Vienna[2] and the Münchner Künstlerinnenverein (Munich Association of Women Artists). In 1902 she traveled to Greece, Italy and France where she was exposed to French Impressionism.[2]

Fraenkel-Hahn was a founding member of the Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs (Austrian Association of Women Artists, VBKO),[3] and served as its president from 1923 through 1937.[4]

In 1903 she married fellow artist Walter Fraenkel (1879-1943).[1] The couple moved to Paris in the late 1930s.[3]

Fraenkel-Hahn died in Paris in 1939.[1]

Legacy

Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fraenkel-Hahn (Fränkel-Hahn, Hahn-Fraenkel), Louise (Ludovica Leopoldine); geb. Hahn, verehelichte Fraenkel . Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation . 26 June 2020 . de . 2003.
  2. Web site: Louise Fraenkel-Hahn . AskArt . 26 June 2020.
  3. Web site: Louise Fraenkel-Hahn . Frauen in Bewegung 1848–1938 . 26 June 2020.
  4. Book: Brandow-Faller . Megan . The Female Secession: Art and the Decorative at the Viennese Women's Academy . 2020 . Penn State Press . 978-0-271-08648-4 . en.
  5. Web site: City of Women . Belvedere Museum Vienna . 26 June 2020.