Ilse Twardowski-Conrat
Ilse von Twardowski | |
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| Born | Ilse Beatrix Amalia Cohn 1880 |
| Died | 1942 |
| Nationality | Austria |
| Other names | Ilse Conrat |
| Occupation | sculptor |
| Spouse | Major General Twardowski |
Ilse von Twardowski or Ilse Twardowski-Conrat (1880 – 1942) was an Austrian sculptor.
Life
Twardowski was born in Vienna in 1880.[1] Her father was a merchant who converted from the Jewish faith in 1882 together with his family. Her father changed his name from Hugh Cohn to Hugh Conrat. His brother who became a leading bacteriologist, Ferdinand Cohn, kept his birth name.
Twardowski became a leading sculptor after training with Josef Breitner and Charles van der Stappen.[2] An early commission was for Empress Elisabeth of Austria.[3] She exhibited in 1909 in the "8 women artists" exhibition. She joined the Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ) which was founded in 1910.
In 1935 she was told that she could no longer practice her art in Munich. She had to sell her large studio and move out to the suburbs.[2]
One of her commissions was the gravestone for Johannes Brahms whom she had known. In 1910 she was chosen to create a funerary monument for her teacher Charles van der Stappen.
Twardowski took her own life in Munich in 1942 after receiving orders to join other Jews[2] during the time of the Holocaust.[3]
References
- ^ "Ilse von Twardowski – Wien Geschichte Wiki". www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
- ^ a b c Julie M. Johnson (2012). The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900. Purdue University Press. pp. 369–. ISBN 978-1-55753-613-6.
- ^ a b "Forgotten women artists of Vienna censored by the Nazis". 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
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