Maria lassnig biography
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Maria Lassnig’s biography by Natalie Lettner, documents her boundary-breaking journey as an artist, from her humble beginnings in Austria to her exposure to international art in the s, and on to New York, where, together with Louise Bourgeois, she plunged into the exploding women’s movement there. Lassnig caused a sensation with numerous solo exhibitions, from the Venice Biennale to the Documenta to the MoMA in NY. Lassnig’s story is both exemplary and extraordinary for a woman of her generation—exemplary in terms of the hurdles and pitfalls that women in general, and female artists in particular, had to face in those years.
Author: Natalie Lettner
Publisher: Maria Lassnig Foundation, Petzel Gallery, and Hauser & Wirth Publishers (HWP),
Language : English
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About the artist
Maria Lassnig was born in in Carinthia, Austria and passed away in in Vienna. Underappreciated for most of
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Publisher
Hauser & Wirth Publishers, Maria Lassnig Foundation, Petzel
Composition
Flexicover with flaps
Contributors
Natalie Lettner, translated bygd Jeff Crowder
Pages
pages, illustrations
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Maria Lassnig
Austrian artist (–)
Maria Lassnig (8 September – 6 May ) was an Austrian artist known for her painted self-portraits and her theory of "body awareness".[1] She was the first female artist to win the Grand Austrian State Prize in and was awarded the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in [2][3] Lassnig lived and taught in Vienna from until her death.[4]
Early life
[edit]Maria Lassnig was born in Kappel am Krappfeld, Austria, on 8 September [5][6] Her mother gave birth to her out of wedlock and later married a much older man, but their relationship was troubled and Lassnig was raised mostly by her grandmother.[7] She attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna during World War II.[8]
Work
[edit]Lassnig is credited with helping to introduce Informalism and Tachisme into postwar Austrian art.[9] In the s, Lassnig was part of the Hundsgruppe ("Dog Pack") group, which a