Erma Bossi
Erma Bossi (1875–1952) was an Italian painter in the German Expressionist style.
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- Name
- Erma Bossi
- Birth Name
- Erma Barrera-Bossi
- Born
- 9 June 1875
- Birthplace
- Pula, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)
- Died
- 14 April 1952
- Place of death
- Milan, Italy
- Field
- Painting
- Movement
- German Expressionism
- Nationality
- Germany.
- Occupation
- painter.
- Movements
- Expressionism.
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts and Munich.
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Erma Bossi studied at Academy of Fine Arts, Munich. The recorded working language is German. Places of work recorded in the authority are Munich, Paris and Milan. Work by Erma Bossi is recorded in the collections of Bavarian State Painting Collections and Lenbachhaus.
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• Name — Erma Bossi • Birth Name — Erma Barrera-Bossi • Born — 9 June 1875 • Birthplace — Pula, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) • Died — 14 April 1952 • Place of death — Milan, Italy • Field — Painting • Movement — German Expressionism
Biography
Biography
Bossi was born in 1875 in Pula. She studied art in Munich and was associated with Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky. She was a member of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (Munich New Association of Artists). She died in 1952 in Milan, Italy. Her work is in the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Kunsthalle Emden. In 2013 the Schlossmuseum Murnau held a retrospective of her work.
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1875
Erma Bossi born at Pula.
1952
Erma Bossi died at Milan.
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Interior with three Figures in the Café
1910 · Lenbachhaus
Barrera-Bossi, Erma, Benezit Dictionary of Artists, 2011
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