Louise Fraenkel-Hahn
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12 July 1878
Louise Fraenkel-Hahn | |
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| Born | Louise Hahn 12 July 1878 Vienna, Austria |
| Died | 1939 (aged 60–61) Paris, France |
| Known for | painting |
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Walter Fraenkel (m. 1903) |
Louise Fraenkel-Hahn (1878-1939) was an Austrian painter and founding member of the Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs.
Fraenkel-Hahn née Hahn was born on 12 July 1878 in Vienna, Austria.[1] She attended the University of Applied Arts Vienna[2] and the Münchner Künstlerinnenverein (Munich Association of Women Artists).[3] In 1902 she traveled to Greece, Italy and France where she was exposed to French Impressionism.[2]
Fraenkel-Hahn was a founding member of the Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs (Austrian Association of Women Artists, VBKO),[3] and served as its president from 1923 through 1937.[4]
In 1903 she married fellow artist Walter Fraenkel (1879-1943).[1] The couple moved to Paris in the late 1930s.[3]
Legacy
Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.[5]
