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Saturday, September 18, 2021

Maria Lassnig


Born on September 8, 1919, Maria Lassnig was an Austrian artist known for her self-portraits and theory of "body awareness."

Raised by her grandmother, Maria attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. In the 50s, she was part of the Hundsgruppe, a group of artists known for abstract expressionism and action painting; however, she later became known for her self-portraits.

In the 60s, she began to focus more on self-portraits exploring the human body and psyche. 

She became the first female professor of painting at the Vienna University of Applied Arts in the 1980s.




"Selbstporträt expressiv" (Expressive Self-Portrait), 1945



"Adam and Eve and a Mirror," 2001



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