Grete Wolf Krakauer
Grete Wolf Krakauer | |
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| File:Portrait of Grete Wolf Krakauer.jpg Grete Wolf Krakauer by Katinka Ginsberg | |
| Born | Grete Wolf 1890 Moravia, Austria-Hungary |
| Died | 1970 (aged 79–80) Jerusalem, Israel |
| Nationality | Austrian-Israeli |
| Known for | Painting |
| Spouse | Leopold Krakauer |
Grete Wolf Krakauer (1890-1970) was an Austrian-Israeli painter.
Biography
Wolf Krakauer née Wolf was born in Moravia in 1890. Her family moved to Vienna and she studied art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.[1] She went on to travel and study with Johannes Itten, Albert Weisgerber, and Adolf Hölzel.[2] Her work was included in the 1922 Venice Biennale.[1]
She was married Leopold Krakauer. The couple, along with their daughter Trude emigrated to Jerusalem in 1924.[1]
In 1969 Wolf Krakauer was the recipient of the Jerusalem Prize for Painting and Sculpture. She died in 1970 in Jerusalem.[2]
Legacy
Wolf Krakauer was included in the 2017 exhibition The Better Half: Jewish Women Artists Before 1938 at the Museum Dorotheergasse.[3] Wolf Krakauer was the subject of a 2018 retrospective, Grete Wolf Krakauer: From Vienna to Jerusalem at the Mishkan Museum of Art.[4] 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]
References
- ^ a b c "Greta Wolf-Krakauer". AskArt. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ a b "Greta Krakauer Wolf". Information Center for Israeli Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "The Better Half: Jewish Women Artists Before 1938". Jüdisches Museum Wien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "Grete Wolf Krakauer: From Vienna to Jerusalem". המשכן לאמנויות. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
- ^ "City of Women". Belvedere Museum Vienna. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
External links
Media related to Greta Wolf Krakauer at Wikimedia Commons- images of Wolf Krakauer's work on MutualArt
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