Broncia Koller-Pinell

Broncia Koller-Pinell (25 February 1863 – 26 April 1934) was an Austrian Expressionist painter who specialized in portraits and still-lifes.

Broncia Koller-Pinell
Broncia Koller-Pinell (c.1900)
Born
Bronisława Pineles

(1863-02-25)25 February 1863
Sanok, Poland
Died26 April 1934(1934-04-26) (aged 71)
Oberwaltersdorf, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Known forPainting
MovementExpressionism
Spouse
Hugo Koller
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(m. 1896)​

Life

She was born as Bronisława Pineles to a Jewish family in Sanok in what is now Poland. Her father, Saul Pineles, was a designer of military fortifications.[1] In 1870, they moved to Vienna to start a manufacturing business (where they changed the family name to "Pinell") and she took private art lessons with Alois Delug.[2] In 1885, she had her first public exhibition. For the next five years, she studied in Munich at the "Damenakademie" of the Munich Artists' Association in the studios of Ludwig von Herterich.[1] This was followed by exhibitions at the Vienna Künstlerhaus, in Munich and in Leipzig.[2] Koller-Pinell exhibited her work at The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.[3]

In 1896, against her family's wishes, she married the physicist and industrialist, Dr. Hugo Koller, who was a Catholic. Their children were raised as Christians, but she never converted.[1] At first, they lived in Salzburg and Nuremberg, but returned to Vienna in 1902. Shortly after, she was accepted as a member of the Vienna Secession.[2] In 1904, she inherited a house in Oberwaltersdorf. The family soon moved there, and she had it decorated by Josef Hoffmann and Koloman Moser, associates from the Secession. Shortly after, she set up a salon[4] that was frequented by Egon Schiele, Anton Faistauer and Albert Paris Gütersloh, among others.

Her son, Rupert (1896–1976), became a conductor and was briefly married to Anna Mahler. Her daughter Silvia (1898–1963) was also a painter.

Koller-Pinell died in Oberwaltersdorf on 26 April 1934.

Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.[5]

Selected paintings
  • "Blick über das Wiental", vor 1902
    "Blick über das Wiental", vor 1902
  • Woman with Blue Headscarf (date unknown)
    Woman with Blue Headscarf
    (date unknown)
  • Silvia Koller with Bird Cage (c.1905)
    Silvia Koller with Bird Cage (c.1905)
  • Sitting (1907)
    Sitting (1907)
  • Still-life with Red Elephant (c.1920)
    Still-life with Red Elephant (c.1920)
  • Portrait of Friedrich Eckstein (1920s)
    Portrait of Friedrich Eckstein (1920s)

References
  1. Jewish Women's Archive: Biography by Birgit Ben Eli
  2. Wacha: "Koller Bronislawa (Bronia)". In: Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon 1815–1950 (ÖBL). Vol. 4, Austrian Academy of Sciences, Vienna 1969, p. 87 f. (Direct links to "p. 87", "p. 88")
  3. Nichols, K. L. "Women's Art at the World's Columbian Fair & Exposition, Chicago 1893". Retrieved 3 April 2020.
  4. Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum: Brief biography
  5. "City of Women". Belvedere Museum Vienna. Retrieved 26 June 2020.

Further reading
  • Die Malerin Broncia Koller 1863–1934. Exhibition catalog, Niederösterreichisches Landesmuseum, Vienna (1980)
  • Tobias G. Natter: Broncia Koller Pinell. Eine Malerin im Glanz der Wiener Jahrhundertwende. Exhibition catalog. Jüdisches Museum, Vienna (1993)
  • Boris Manner: Broncia Koller-Pinell 1863–1934. Brandstätter, Vienna (2006) ISBN 3-902510-88-9
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