Ilse Bernheimer
Ilse Bernheimer (born March 20, 1892, in Vienna, Austria-Hungary; died February 28, 1985, in Venice) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, interior designer, and teacher.
Ilse Bernheimer
- Born
- 1892. · Vienna.
- Died
- 1985. · Venice.
- Nationality
- Austria.
- Occupation
- painter, designer, docent and artist.
- Education
- University of Applied Arts Vienna.
- Teachers
- Koloman Moser, Franz Cižek and Anton von Kenner.
- Languages
- German.
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Early life
Early life
Born on March 20, 1892, Bernheimer's parents were Hermine Bernheimer, née Margulies (1864-1944) and the chemist Oskar Bernheimer (1858-1950). Elisabeth and Marianne Leisching were her cousins. In 1906 Ilse Bernheimer started studying with Franz Strohofer and Franz Čižek in their junior art classes. At the age of 16, she was allowed to participate in the youth section of the 1908 Vienna Art Show with 30 watercolors. From 1908 to 1910, she was a guest student at the Vienna School of Applied Arts or Kunstgewerbeschule and in 1911 attended the school full time. From 1911 to 1916 she studied painting with Kolo Moser, ornamental form with Franz Čižek, and Anton von Kenner and his assistant Oskar Kokoschka. Bernheimer also taught Francesco Grimaldi as a young artist. In 1928 she furnished two houses at the Kunslerhaus Wien, designed by Viennese architect Anton Brenner. In 1913 she helped prepare for the International Women's Suffrage Conference in Vienna.
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Ilse Bernheimer appears in the authority records of the Deutsche Nationalbibliothek as an artist and painter (1892 – 1985).
Nazi persecution
Nazi persecution
In 1938 after the Anschluss, she fled with her parents to Italy. They went into hiding in Rome in 1943.
Postwar
Postwar
From 1950 she lived in Venice, where she taught from 1952 at the Zanetti Glass School on Murano. She died in 1985. Her work has been featured in recent exhibitions, such as the "City of Women - Female Artists in Wien during the years 1900 - 1938" at the Belvedere in Vienna in 2019.
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Ilse Bernheimer was born in Vienna (1892) and died in Venice (1985).
Exhibitions
Exhibitions
• 1908: Kunstschau • 1920, 1928: Hagenbund • 1922, 1976: Biennale Venedig • 1928: Weihnachtsschau, Künstlerhaus Wien • 1932: 17. Jahresausstellung der Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs, Hagenbund • 1966: Galerie Nagel • 1970: Instituto Austriaco di Cultura, Rom • 1982: Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, Wien Posthumous • 2019: "Stadt der Frauen" • 2021: "Die Frauen der Wiener Werkstätte." MAK – Museum für angewandte Kunst
Identity
Identity
Ilse Bernheimer is recorded with the occupation graphic designer. Recorded as painter, designer, docent and artist.
Life and career
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Life and career
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1892
Ilse Bernheimer was born on 20 March 1892.
1985
Ilse Bernheimer died on 28 February 1985.
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Vienna.
Birth place
Venice.
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Writings
• Arbeiten in der Kunstgewerbeschule, Wien: Hochschule für Angewandte Kunst, 1982
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q1659086: Ilse Bernheimer
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- “Ilse Bernheimer”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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Memberships
• Österreichischer Werkbund • Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs
Literature
• Wien um 1900, Kunst und Kultur, (Ausstellungskatalog) Wien 1985, S. 497 • Rudolf Schmidt: Österreichisches Künstlerlexikon, Bd. 1, Wien 1980 • (abweichende biografische Daten) • Veronika Volz: Nach Italien emigriert – drei Künstlerinnen und Künstler, (Walter Franke, Ilse Bernheimer, Maria Likarz-Strauß), in: Zwischenwelt. Zeitschrift für Kultur des Exils und des Widerstands (22), 1/2, 2005, S. 61–65. • Christoph Thun-Hohenstein, Anne-Katrin Rossberg, Elisabeth Schmuttermeier (Hrsg.): Die Frauen der Wiener Werkstätte. MAK, Wien und Birkhäuser Verlag, Basel 2020, S. 207. ISBN 978-3-0356-2211-9
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- 1.Ilse Bernheimer. English.
- 2.Bernheimer, Ilse. De Gruyter.
- 3.Ilse Bernheimer. English.
- 4.Francesco Grimaldi. Venice Original E-Commerce.
- 5.Houses Brenner (nos. 15-16). English.
- 6.Objekt der MAK Sammlung Online. sammlung.mak.at.
- 7.Ilse Bernheimer. 2019.
- 8.Wohlgemuth, Caroline. Mid-Century Modern – Visionary Furniture Design from Vienna. Birkhäuser. 224–230. 2021-12-31. 978-3-0356-2420-5.
- 9.Borchhardt-Birbaumer, Brigitte. Bildende Kunst - Tanz der Löwin über Kakteen. Kunst - Wiener Zeitung Online.
- 10.Ilse Bernheimer: In Memory of the Fallen.
- 11.Ilse Bernheimer Biography. www.mutualart.com.
- 12.City of Women: Female Artists from 1900 to 1938 Lower Belvedere 25 January to 19 May 2019. Belvedere.
- 13.Ullheimer, Jens. Stadt der FRAUEN. Kunstpresseschau.
- 14.Aigner, Silvie. Stadt der Frauen: Künstlerinnen in Wien 1900-1938 = City of women: female artists in Vienna 1900-1938. Prestel. 2019. 978-3-7913-5865-9.
- 15.Wohlgemuth, Caroline. Mid-Century Modern – Visionary Furniture Design from Vienna. Birkhäuser. 2021-12-31. 978-3-0356-2420-5.
- 16.Ilse Bernheimer. 274. 2019.
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Formation and teaching. Bernheimer studied at University of Applied Arts Vienna. She trained under Koloman Moser, Franz Cižek and Anton von Kenner. She was employed by Vienna Women's Academy and Oskar Strnad. She belonged to Österreichischer Werkbund and Austrian Association of Women Artists.
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