Emilie Mediz-Pelikan (2 December 1861,

Vöcklabruck Vöcklabruck () is the administrative center of the Vöcklabruck district, Austria. It is located in the western part of Upper Austria, close to the A1 Autobahn as well as the B1 highway. Vöcklabruck's name derives from the River Vöckla which ...

- 19 March 1908,

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) was an Austrian landscape painter. Many of her works show some Symbolist influence.

Biography

Her father was a government financial officer. In 1883, she became the last private student of the landscape painter,

Albert Zimmermann August Albert Zimmermann (born Zittau, September 20, 1808 - died Munich, October 18, 1888) was a German painter. He was the brother of painters Max, Richard, and Robert Zimmermann, and served as Max's teacher. He was primarily self-taught a ...

, who she had earlier assisted in

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. Two years later, she accompanied him to Munich, where he died in 1888. She also lived at the artists' colony in Dachau, where she worked with

Adolf Hölzel Adolf Richard Hölzel (13 May 1853 – 17 October 1934) was a German painter. He began as a Realist, but later became an early promoter of various Modern styles, including Abstractionism. Biography Hölzel was born in Olmütz. His father was ...

and Fritz von Uhde. Later, she spent time in Paris and the artists' colony in

Knokke Knokke () is a town in the municipality of Knokke-Heist, which is located in the province of West Flanders in Flanders, Belgium. The town itself has 15,708 inhabitants (2007), while the municipality of Knokke-Heist has 33,818 inhabitants (2009). ...

. In Dachau, she had made the acquaintance of a Viennese painter named

Karl Mediz Karl Mediz (4 June 1868, in Vienna – 11 January 1945, in Dresden) was an Austrian landscape and portrait painter. Many of his works are in the Symbolist style. Biography He was born into a family of merchants and was raised by his aunt in Z ...

and met him again at Knokke. In 1891, they went to Vienna and were married, but had little success there. At first, they moved to

Krems an der Donau Krems an der Donau () is a town of 23,992 inhabitants in Austria, in the federal state of Lower Austria. It is the fifth-largest city of Lower Austria and is approximately west of Vienna. Krems is a city with its own statute (or ''Statutarst ...

, where their daughter was born.Brief biography
@ Hieke Kunsthandel. In 1894, they decided to settle in Dresden. They made numerous trips to Tyrolia, Italy and the Adriatic coast. In 1898, she finally had a major showing at the first exhibition of the

Vienna Secession The Vienna Secession (german: Wiener Secession; also known as ''the Union of Austrian Artists'', or ''Vereinigung Bildender Künstler Österreichs'') is an art movement, closely related to Art Nouveau, that was formed in 1897 by a group of Austr ...

. In 1901, this was followed by a showing at the Internationale Kunstausstellung in Dresden. She and Karl had a joint exhibition in 1903, sponsored by the Hagenbund. She also had two major exhibitions at the Berlin Künstlerhaus. In 1908, aged only forty-seven, she died suddenly of heart failure. The collaboration with her husband had been very intense; he and his work never fully recovered. Although much of her work was in the hands of the

Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden Staatliche Kunstsammlungen Dresden (, ''Dresden State Art Collections'') is a cultural institution in Dresden, Germany, owned by the State of Saxony. It is one of the most renowned and oldest museum institutions in the world, originating from the ...

, he refused to allow any exhibitions. After his death, her paintings passed into the possession of the

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government and were forgotten. In 1986, a small exhibition was held at the in

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, but it is only since 2000 that her work has been rediscovered. Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition ''City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938'' at the

Österreichische Galerie Belvedere The Österreichische Galerie Belvedere is a museum housed in the Belvedere (palace), Belvedere palace, in Vienna, Austria. The Belvedere palaces were the summer residence of Prince Eugene of Savoy (1663–1736). The ensemble was built in the ea ...

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ArtNet: More works by Mediz-Pelikan.
* {{DEFAULTSORT:Mediz-Pelikan, Emilie 1861 births 1908 deaths 19th-century Austrian painters 20th-century Austrian painters Austrian women painters Austrian landscape painters Symbolist artists People from Vöcklabruck

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