Erika Abels d'Albert (also known as Erika Abels) (1896–1975) was an

Austria Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous ...

n painter and graphic artist.

Life and work

Erika Abels d'Albert was the only child of Dr. , a Viennese art collector and writer who edited a satirical magazine. Her mother, Anna Emilie Mewes, was from the Berlin area. Abels d'Albert received a private education in Fine Arts in Vienna. In 1911/12 she studied with Irma Duczynska and in 1912/13 with .Gabriele Koller and Gloria Withalm, ''Die Vertreibung des Geistigen aus Österreich: Zur Kulturpolitik des Nationalsozialismus'', Zusammenstellung der Ausstellung von der Hochschule für angewandte Kunst in Wien, Jänner/Februar 1985, Vienna: Zentralsparkasse und Kommerzialbank, 1985, OCLC 467907964
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She decided early to become a professional artist: at the age of 16 she participated in a group show (contributing portraits, nudes, still lifes and fashion designs). In subsequent years she participated in exhibitions at various galleries, at the Imperial and Royal Museum of Art and Industry , at the Temple of Theseus in the Volksgarten and at the

Vienna Künstlerhaus The Künstlerhaus in Vienna’s 1st district has accommodated the Künstlerhaus Vereinigung since 1868. It is located in the Ringstrassenzone in between Akademiestraße, Bösendorferstraße and Musikvereinsplatz. The building was erected betw ...

. In 1930 she took part in the exhibition of the Austrian Association of Women Artists. Between 1933 and 1935 she emigrated to Paris. She showed works in 1935 in the Gallery Gregoire Schustermann and in 1938 in the

Salon d'Automne The Salon d'Automne (; en, Autumn Salon), or Société du Salon d'automne, is an art exhibition held annually in Paris, France. Since 2011, it is held on the Champs-Élysées, between the Grand Palais and the Petit Palais, in mid-October. The ...

. After this her artistic activities are unknown. Erika Abels d'Albert died in Paris in 1975. She painted portraits, still lifes and nudes. There are only three works by her known to be extant in the original. The

Vienna Museum The Vienna Museum (german: Wien Museum or ''Museen der Stadt Wien'') is a group of museums in Vienna consisting of the museums of the history of the city. In addition to the main building in Karlsplatz and the Hermesvilla, the group includes nume ...

owns her oil painting ''Strassenbahnschaffnerin'' from 1919, and in the

Albertina The Albertina is a museum in the Innere Stadt (First District) of Vienna, Austria. It houses one of the largest and most important print rooms in the world with approximately 65,000 drawings and approximately 1 million old master prints, as well ...

are a charcoal drawing, ''Kopf einer Frau in mittleren Jahren'' (1924), and a chalk drawing, ''Sitzender Rückenakt'' (1921).Erika Abels d'Albert
at artnet.de.

References

Footnotes

Sources

* Franz Planer. ''Das Jahrbuch der Wiener Gesellschaft: Biographische Beiträge zur Wiener Zeitgeschichte''. Vienna: Planer, 1929. OCLC 257558256 * Heinrich Fuchs. ''Die österreichischen Maler der Geburtenjahrgänge 1881–1900''. Ergänzungsband zu ''Die österreichischen Maler des 19. Jahrhunderts''. Volume 1: A–L. Vienna: Fuchs, 1976. OCLC 463109834. * Elke Doppler-Wagner. ''Blickwechsel und Einblick - Künstlerinnen in Österreich. Aus der Sammlung des Historischen Museums Wien''. 256. Sonderausstellung des Historischen Museums der Stadt Wien in der

Hermesvilla Hermesvilla is a palace in the Lainzer Tiergarten in Vienna, a former hunting area for the Habsburg nobility. Emperor Franz Joseph I gave it to his wife Empress Elisabeth (nicknamed "Sisi"), and he called it the "castle of dreams.“ The name o ...

. 2000. OCLC 44460255

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Abels Dalbert Erika 1896 births 1975 deaths 20th-century Austrian women artists Artists from Berlin Austrian women painters Austrian graphic designers Women graphic designers