Helena Emingerová

Helena Emingerová (1858–1943) was a Czech painter.[1]

Helena Emingerová
self portrait
Born(1858-08-17)17 August 1858
Prague, Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic)
Died4 August 1943(1943-08-04) (aged 55)
Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany (now the Czech Republic)
NationalityCzech
Known forPainting

Biography

Emingerová was born on 17 August 1858 in Prague, in what is now the Czech Republic. She studied in Prague at Emil Reynièr's School of Drawing in 1892.[2] She went on to study in Dresden, Germany and then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich where her teachers included Maximilian Dasio.[3] In 1891 she went to Paris to study at the Académie Colarossi.

Emingerová first earned a living as a drawing teacher. She went on to support herself by creating portraits (mainly in pastel) of members of the upper class in Austria-Hungary, Bohemia, Germany, Moravia, Poland, and Russia. Emingerová also produced many etchings, as well as some sculptures. Emingerová died on 4 August 1943 in Prague. One of her siblings, Kateřina Emingerová, was noted musician and writer.[2]

References
  1. "Helena Emingerová". Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME) | European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
  2. "Emingerová Helena". Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
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