Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra

Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra studied at University of Applied Arts Vienna. Training under Anton Hanak, Anton Ritter Von Kenner and Bertold Löffler is recorded. The recorded working language is German. Work by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra is recorded in the collections of Smithsonian American Art Museum, Finnish National Gallery and Print Collection.

• Name — Josephine Therese Weixlgärtner-Neutra • Other Names — Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra • Birth Name — Josephine Therese Neutra • Born — 19 January 1886 • Birthplace — Vienna, Austria • Died — 1981 • Place of death — Gothenburg, Sweden • Occupation — Sculptor and painter • Spouse — Arpad Weixlgärtner • Children — Elisabeth Söderberg Johannes Weixlgärtner • Mother — Elisabeth Glaser • Father — Samuel Neutra

Known as Pepi and born in Austria in 1886, she was the daughter of wealthy factory owners Samuel Neutra and Elisabeth Glaser and was the eldest sister of the Austrian-American architect Richard Neutra. In 1908, she married the prominent art historian and museum director Arpad Weixlgärtner (1872–1961) and the couple had two children, Elisabeth Söderberg (1912–1991) and Johannes Weixlgärtner. Weixlgärtner-Neutra studied sculpture with Anton Hanak at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna and also pursued her art studies while traveling to a dozen countries in Europe.

Her work is held at many museums including: Moderna Museet, Gothenburg Museum of Art, Malmö museum, Örebro läns museum, Eskilstuna museum, Värmlands museum, Östergötland museum, National Gallery of Denmark, National Gallery of Oslo, Ateneum in Helsinki, Smithsonian American Art Museum and National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C., Museum of Modern Art in New York, British Museum in London, Albertina in Vienna and the Biobliothèque Nationale in Paris. University of California, Los Angeles, special collections, also houses a collection of Weixlgärtner-Neutra's work which includes three oversize folders. They are primarily prints and are titled, Collection of Prints by Pepi Weixlgärtner-Neutra (Collection 465).

According to the Jewish Women's Archive, Weixlgärtner-Neutra was a Jew. Over her lifetime, she became known by a variety of names including, Josephine Therese Neutra, Josefine Neutra, Josephine Weixlgärtner, Pepi Weixlgärtner and Pepi Neutra. In 1981, she died in Gothenburg, Sweden.

The authorities additionally record the headings Josephine Weixlgärtner, Josephine Neutra and Josephine Theresia Weixlgärtner-Neut. Her recorded language was German. Her recorded confession was Judaism. She was the child of Samuel Neutra. She married Arpad Weixlgärtner. 2 children are recorded: Elisabeth Söderberg-Weixlgärtner and Wolfgang Weixlgärtner.