A Viennese wonder, Herta Czoernig-Conbanz (1886-1970) became a prolific artist. She spent most of her life walking the cities and towns of Austria, recording city street scapes and the countryside. Using her artistic tools and sketch pad, she captured picturesque streets, homes and scenery. Frequently she sketched with color pencils and watercolors and is generally considered to have been the last "topographical" artist in Vienna.
She was born in Klagenfurt. As a young girl she wanted to become an artist, however women were not accepted as students at the Graphic Academy of Vienna. So she attended the Art School for Women and later studied in Weimar, Germany. In Vienna, Professor Ludwig Michalek taught her the art of etching, a medium that she mastered skillfully. In the etching below, she demonstrates her needle carving skill on a metal plate, that was put into an acid bath and printed. One word only; Remarkable.
After World War II, in the mid-1940s, Herta Czoernig received artistic notoriety in Vienna. Her numerous etchings and sketches were stored at the Historical Documentation Center of the Austrian Library and were some of the only surviving documents recording the streets, buildings and houses that were destroyed during the war. She loved the details and these documents were used to rebuild and refurbish entire neighborhoods. Today you can still find her works at the Austrian Archives of the National Library. She also went on to create a series of etchings that documented the homes of great musicians and composers of Austria.
Her greatest honor came shortly before her death. The Albertina Museum in Vienna, home of one of the world's greatest collections of graphics, commissioned Czoernig to make a plate featuring the Albertina itself. She died soon after completing this etching, her life's ambition fulfilled.
Today, it is not uncommon to find a print within your grandparents deserted belongs or at a local thrift store. Soldiers brought them home as mementos of the places that they had served, and the team that remained after the war, purchased them as prints to hang on the wall. As a new generation finds Herta Czoernig's etchings, her work takes on new meaning: Czoernig demonstrated strength and perseverance during a time of sexism, war and recovery, finally to experience the full recognition she deserved as an artist.
Reference:
Lexikon österreichischer Frauen, Volume 1
Darvill Rare Prints
She was born in Klagenfurt. As a young girl she wanted to become an artist, however women were not accepted as students at the Graphic Academy of Vienna. So she attended the Art School for Women and later studied in Weimar, Germany. In Vienna, Professor Ludwig Michalek taught her the art of etching, a medium that she mastered skillfully. In the etching below, she demonstrates her needle carving skill on a metal plate, that was put into an acid bath and printed. One word only; Remarkable.
After World War II, in the mid-1940s, Herta Czoernig received artistic notoriety in Vienna. Her numerous etchings and sketches were stored at the Historical Documentation Center of the Austrian Library and were some of the only surviving documents recording the streets, buildings and houses that were destroyed during the war. She loved the details and these documents were used to rebuild and refurbish entire neighborhoods. Today you can still find her works at the Austrian Archives of the National Library. She also went on to create a series of etchings that documented the homes of great musicians and composers of Austria.
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| "Wien Gloriette" Vienna's Great View of the City from Schonbrunn Palace Park Colored Etching - 12" X 8.5" with full margins Signed: H. Czoernig |
Her greatest honor came shortly before her death. The Albertina Museum in Vienna, home of one of the world's greatest collections of graphics, commissioned Czoernig to make a plate featuring the Albertina itself. She died soon after completing this etching, her life's ambition fulfilled.
Today, it is not uncommon to find a print within your grandparents deserted belongs or at a local thrift store. Soldiers brought them home as mementos of the places that they had served, and the team that remained after the war, purchased them as prints to hang on the wall. As a new generation finds Herta Czoernig's etchings, her work takes on new meaning: Czoernig demonstrated strength and perseverance during a time of sexism, war and recovery, finally to experience the full recognition she deserved as an artist.
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Reference:
Lexikon österreichischer Frauen, Volume 1
Darvill Rare Prints
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| Graphic International Advertisement Announcing Representation of Herta Czoernig |
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