Irma Komlosy
Maria Johanna "Irma" Komlosy (1850–1919) was an Austrian painter known for her flower painting.
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Irma Komlosy

Irma Komlósy, according to Marianne Baumgartner: Irma Komlósy (Johanna Maria Komlossy). In: Der Verein der Schriftstellerinnen und Künstlerinnen in Wien (1885–1938). Böhlau, Wien / Köln / Weimar 2015 · Wilkes-Barre Times Leader, the Evening News, Wilkes-Barre Record (Wilkes-Barre, Pennsylvania), 08 Apr 1898, Page 10, newspapers.com · Public domain
- Name
- Irma Komlosy
- Birth Name
- Maria Johanna Komlosy
- Born
- 15 August 1850
- Birthplace
- Prague, Czechoslovakia
- Died
- 17 July 1919
- Place of death
- Schrabatz, Austria
- Field
- Painting
- Training
- Kunstgewerbeschule Wien
- Nationality
- Austria · Cisleithania · Austrian Empire
- Occupation
- painter · artist
- Education
- University of Applied Arts Vienna
- Teachers
- Friedrich Sturm · Ferenc Komlóssy
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Maria Johanna "Irma" Komlosy (1850–1919) was an Austrian painter known for her flower painting.
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Biography
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Irma Komlosy studied at University of Applied Arts Vienna. Training under Friedrich Sturm and Ferenc Komlóssy is recorded. The recorded working language is German, English and Hungarian. The field of work recorded is painting. Residence is recorded at Vienna and Pest.
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• Name — Irma Komlosy • Birth Name — Maria Johanna Komlosy • Born — 15 August 1850 • Birthplace — Prague, Czechoslovakia • Died — 17 July 1919 • Place of death — Schrabatz, Austria • Field — Painting • Training — Kunstgewerbeschule Wien
Biography
Biography
Komlosy was born in 1850 in Prague. She was the daughter of the Hungarian artist Ferenc Komlóssy and studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule Wien. She specialized in flower painting and was compared favorably with Paul de Longpré. She exhibited at Vienna Artist Unit and the Austrian Art Union. She also taught painting. Komlosy exhibited her work in the rotunda of The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. In 1895 Komlosy moved to New York where she set up a studio in the Women’s Exchange Building at 12 East 30th Street. In 1897 she moved to Washington D.C., and around 1905 she returned to Austria. Komlosy never married. She died in 1919 in Schrabatz, now part of Neulengbach, Austria.
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• Illustration — Rose • Illustration — Rose Twig • Illustration — Peacock
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Identity and origins
The authorities additionally record the headings Maria Johanna Komlosy and Irma Komlósy. Her recorded languages were German, English and Hungarian. Her recorded confession was Catholicism. She was the child of Ferenc Komlóssy and Johanna Catharina Bousifet de Moricourt.
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Irma Komlosy is recorded as a citizen of Austrian Empire. Recorded with the occupation painter.
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1850
Irma Komlosy was born on 15 August 1850.
1919
Irma Komlosy died on 17 July 1919.
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- Vienna, Pest and Novi Kneževac
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Formation and teaching. Komlosy studied at University of Applied Arts Vienna. She trained under Friedrich Sturm and Ferenc Komlóssy. Komlosy worked in painting. She belonged to Verein der Schriftstellerinnen und Künstlerinnen Wien. She worked at Vienna, Pest and Novi Kneževac.
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