Rosa Schweninger Explained

Rosa Schweninger
Birth Date:	1849
Birth Place:	Vienna, Austria
Death Date:	1918

Rosa Schweninger (1849–1918) was an Austrian painter. She was a member of a Viennese family of artists, which included her father,, and her brother, Carl Schweninger the Younger.^[1]

She studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Frederick Sturm from 1869 to 1871.^[2] Her work includes portraits and florals.^[3]

Schweninger exhibited her work in the rotunda of The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.^[4]

The Zwei Lieder, op. 20, by Viennese composer are dedicated to her. Schweninger's portrait of von Brukenthal is held by the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu, Romania.^[5]

External links

• "Thoughtful" by Rosa Schweninger
• "The Apology" by Rosa Schweninger, oil on panel, 55 x 44 cm (21 5/8 x 17 5/16in).
• Works by Rosa Schweninger, Artnet

Notes and References

1. Web site: Austrian Women Painters: 1893 Chicago World's Fair & Exposition. Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 2014-11-09.
2. Web site: Rosa Schweninger - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Rosa Schweninger. Ask Art, the Artist's Bluebook. 2014-11-09.
3. http://www.artnet.com/artists/rosa-schweninger/past-auction-results/2 Works by Rosa Schweninger
4. Web site: Nichols . K. L. . Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. 2020-04-09.
5. Web site: Hermannstädter Komponistin - Bertha von Brukenthals Missa Solemnis wird in München aufgeführt - Informationen zu Siebenbürgen und Rumänien. Siebenburgische Zeitung. 2014-11-09. 2010-12-25.