Helene von Taussig

• Name — Helene von Taussig • Born — 10 May 1879 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 21 April 1942 • Place of death — Izbica Ghetto, Poland • Field — Painting Helene von Taussig (1879-1942) was an Austrian painter.

von Taussig was born on 10 May 1879 in Vienna, Austria. Born into a prominent Jewish family, she was the fifth of 12 children. In 1910 she traveled with fellow artist Emma Schlangenhausen to Oschwand, Switzerland where they studied painting with Cuno Amiet. From 1911 through 1914 von Taussig studied at the Académie Ranson in Paris. During World War I she served in the Red Cross on the Isonzo front. After the war she settled in the Anif area of Salzburg with Emma Schlangenhausen and Hilde Exner. In 1923 von Taussig converted to Catholicism. In 1934 she moved into a studio designed by Otto Prossinger. Because of her Jewish ancestry von Taussig was deported to the Izbica Ghetto in Poland in 1942 where she died in on 21 April 1942.

• Illustration — Dame mit gelbem Hut, 1920 • Illustration — Aktstudie, 1932 • Illustration — Der Tänzer Harald Kreutzberg, 1933