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Rosa Schweninger

Rosa Schweninger

Austrian painter

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

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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 Bertha von Brukenthal [de] are dedicated to her. Schweninger's portrait of von Brukenthal is held by the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu, Romania.[5]

  • Expectation
  • Young Woman with a Little Dog
  • Girl with Saint Bernard
  • Summer
  • In the Parlour

References

  1. [1]
    "Austrian Women Painters: 1893 Chicago World's Fair & Exposition". Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  2. [2]
    "Rosa Schweninger - Artist, Fine Art, Auction Records, Prices, Biography for Rosa Schweninger". Ask Art, the Artist's Bluebook. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
  3. [3]
    Works by Rosa Schweninger, Artnet
  4. [4]
    Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 2020-04-09.
  5. [5]
    "Hermannstädter Komponistin - Bertha von Brukenthals Missa Solemnis wird in München aufgeführt - Informationen zu Siebenbürgen und Rumänien". Siebenburgische Zeitung. 2010-12-25. Retrieved 2014-11-09.
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