Marie-Louise von Motesiczky, Austrian, Austrian, 1906 - 1996
Title: Frau Zischka
Date: 1938
Medium: Oil on canvas
Dimensions:
95.5 x 63.7 cm
Credit Line: Presented, Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust, 2018
Object Number: NGI.2018.63
DescriptionMarie-Louise von Motesiczky studied art in Vienna, The Hague, Paris, and Berlin. In 1927 Max Beckmann invited her to join his master class at the Städelschule, Frankfurt and they became lifelong friends. Being of Jewish descent, Motesiczky and her mother fled Vienna immediately after the Anschluss in March 1938. They went to Holland, then settled in England in 1939. This portrait was painted shortly before the artist left her native Austria. It depicts Rosa Zischka, an old family acquaintance.
ProvenanceMarie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust
Exhibition History‘Tentoonstelling van werken door Mare Louise Motesiczky’, Esher Surrey Art Galleries, The Hague, 1939, no. 22
‘Erna Dinklage, Marie Louise von Motesiczky’, Städtische Galerie, Munich, 21 August-19 September 1954, no. 105
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Wiener Secession, Vienna, 5-25 May 1966, no. 11
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, Linz, 9-31 December 1966, no. 11
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Galerie Günter Franke, Munich, 4-30 October, 1967, no 11
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Gemälde’, Kunsthalle. Bremen, 27October- 24 November 1968, no. 11
‘Max Beckmanns Frankfurter Schüler 1925-1933’, Kommunale Galerie im Refektorium des Karmeliterklosters, Frankfurt am Main, 22 November 198—2 January 1982, no. 73
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Paintings Vienna 1925-London 1985’, Goethe Institut, London, 8 November-14 December 1985; Fitzwilliam Museum, 15 July-31 August, 1986 no. 20.
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Österreichische Galerie, Oberes Belvedere, Vienna, 16 February-17 April 1994, no. 15
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Paintings 1925-93’, Manchester City Art Galleries, Manchester 1994, no 15
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, 24 September 2006-11 February 2007, no. 28
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Eine Retrospektive’, Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, 2 June-9 September 2007, no. 28
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Southampton City Art Gallery, 28 September-9 December 2007, no. 28
‘Erna Dinklage, Marie Louise von Motesiczky’, Städtische Galerie, Munich, 21 August-19 September 1954, no. 105
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Wiener Secession, Vienna, 5-25 May 1966, no. 11
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, Linz, 9-31 December 1966, no. 11
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Galerie Günter Franke, Munich, 4-30 October, 1967, no 11
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Gemälde’, Kunsthalle. Bremen, 27October- 24 November 1968, no. 11
‘Max Beckmanns Frankfurter Schüler 1925-1933’, Kommunale Galerie im Refektorium des Karmeliterklosters, Frankfurt am Main, 22 November 198—2 January 1982, no. 73
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Paintings Vienna 1925-London 1985’, Goethe Institut, London, 8 November-14 December 1985; Fitzwilliam Museum, 15 July-31 August, 1986 no. 20.
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Österreichische Galerie, Oberes Belvedere, Vienna, 16 February-17 April 1994, no. 15
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Paintings 1925-93’, Manchester City Art Galleries, Manchester 1994, no 15
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Museum Giersch, Frankfurt am Main, 24 September 2006-11 February 2007, no. 28
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky. Eine Retrospektive’, Museum Moderner Kunst, Passau, 2 June-9 September 2007, no. 28
‘Marie-Louise von Motesiczky’, Southampton City Art Gallery, 28 September-9 December 2007, no. 28