Countess Adrienne Gräfin von Pötting (1856–1909) was an Austrian painter.

Biography

Pötting was born in

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in 1856 to Count Norbert von

Pötting Pötting is a municipality in the district of Grieskirchen in the Austrian state of Upper Austria. Geography Pötting lies in the Hausruckviertel The Hausruckviertel is one of the four traditional "quarters" () of the Austrian province of Upp ...

and Countess Cajetana Chorinsky von Ledske from

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. She had one brother, Norbert, who became a public prosecutor, and an older sister, Hedwig, who was the secretary to

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. She studied under

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and

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. She exhibited her work in the rotunda of The Woman's Building at the 1893

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in Chicago, Illinois. Pötting died in Abbazia in 1909.

Gallery

Adrienne von Pötting Federvieh und Schweine.jpg, ''Federvieh und Schweine'' Adrienne von Pötting - Von Der Jahrestag, 1891.jpg, ''Von Der Jahrestag'', 1891 Adrienne von Pötting - In der Stube, 1889.jpg, ''In der Stube'' 1889

References

External links

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images of Adrienne von Pötting's work
on ArtNet {{DEFAULTSORT:Pötting, Adrienne von 1856 births 1909 deaths 19th-century Austrian painters People from Chrudim German Bohemian people 19th-century Austrian women painters