Grete Wolf Krakauer

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Grete Wolf Krakauer
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Born
Grete Wolf

1890 (1890)
Moravia, Austria-Hungary
Died1970 (aged 79–80)
Jerusalem, Israel
NationalityAustrian-Israeli
EducationUniversity of Applied Arts Vienna
Known forPainting
Spouse(s)Leopold Krakauer

Grete Wolf Krakauer née Wolf (1890-1970) was an Austrian-Israeli painter.

Biography[]

Wolf Krakauer was born in Moravia in 1890. Her family moved to Vienna and she studied art at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.[1] She went on to travel and study with Johannes Itten, Albert Weisgerber and Adolf Hölzel.[2] Her work was included in the 1922 Venice Biennale.[1]

She was married to Leopold Krakauer. The couple, along with their daughter Trude emigrated to Jerusalem in 1924.[1]

In 1969 Wolf Krakauer was the recipient of the Jerusalem Prize for Painting and Sculpture. She died in 1970 in Jerusalem.[2]

Legacy[]

Wolf Krakauer was included in the 2017 exhibition The Better Half: Jewish Women Artists Before 1938 at the Museum Dorotheergasse.[3] Wolf Krakauer was the subject of a 2018 retrospective, Grete Wolf Krakauer: From Vienna to Jerusalem at the Mishkan Museum of Art.[4] 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]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b c "Greta Wolf-Krakauer". AskArt. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b "Greta Krakauer Wolf". Information Center for Israeli Art. The Israel Museum, Jerusalem. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  3. ^ "The Better Half: Jewish Women Artists Before 1938". Jüdisches Museum Wien. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  4. ^ "Grete Wolf Krakauer: From Vienna to Jerusalem". המשכן לאמנויות. 14 March 2018. Retrieved 4 July 2020.
  5. ^ "City of Women". Belvedere Museum Vienna. Retrieved 4 July 2020.

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