Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass Explained

Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass
Other Names:Maria Cecilia von Salis-Bass
Birth Date:7 September 1897
Birth Place:Perosa Argentina, Turin, Italy
Death Place:Basel, Switzerland
Nationality:Swiss
Field:Painting,
Spouse:Ado von Salis

Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass (1897–1948) was an Italian-born Swiss artist.[1]

Biography

Bass was born on 7 September 1897 in the Perosa Argentina region of Turin, Italy.[2] She attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and the Académie Ranson in Paris. In 1927 she married Ado von Salis, who she later divorced. Through the 1920s and 1930s Bass traveled throughout Europe. She settled in Switzerland in 1936, first to take care of her mother and then to become involved in the design of the Engadin Schweizerische Schulwandbildwerk, and founding the Celerina division of the Bündner Heimatwerk.[3] Bass died of cancer on 11 September 1948 in Basel, Switzerland.[4] [2] Her work is in the Kunstmuseum Bern, the Bündner Kunstmuseum, and the Bundesamt für Kultur.[3]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Maria Bass . RKD . 24 April 2021 . nl.
  2. Web site: Bass, Maria (Swiss painter and graphic artist, 1897-1948) . ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research) . 24 April 2021.
  3. Web site: Stutzer . Beat . Bass, Maria Cecilia Adelaide . - SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz . 24 April 2021.
  4. Web site: Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass Basel, Tamins . Portrait Archiv ZGF . 24 April 2021.