Ottilie Tolansky

Ottilie Tolansky née Pincasovitch (1912–1977) was an Austrian artist noted for her paintings of nude figures, flowers and for her still life pieces. Tolansky spent the majority of her career in England.

Ottilie Tolansky
Self-portrait
Born
Ottilie Pincasovitch

1912
Czernowitz, Austria-Hungary
Died1977 (aged 64–65)
NationalityAustrian
Alma mater
Known forPainting
SpouseSamuel Tolansky (m.1935-1973, his death)

Biography

Tolansky was born in Czernowitz, then part of Austria-Hungary now in Ukraine, but grew up in Vienna and always considered herself Austrian.[1] Her father, Salomo, was the Obercantor at the Alte Synagoge in Berlin and an internationally recognised singer.[2] She studied art in Berlin at the Reimann School and at the Berlin Academy of Fine Arts before moving to England in 1933.[3][4] There she studied at the Manchester Municipal School and later, after World War II, at the Hammersmith Art School in London.[3][4] Tolansky, painting mostly in oils, depicted nude figures, flowers and still life compositions and, throughout her career, had several solo shows at London galleries.[3][4] She was also a regular exhibitor at the Royal Academy and with both the Women's International Art Club and the New English Art Club.[3][4] Tolansky was an elected member of the Royal Institute of Oil Painters.[1] Her work was featured in both Studio International and the ArtReview magazines.[3]

Tolansky married the physicist Samuel Tolansky in 1935, they settled at Richmond in Surrey and had two children.[1][2] Major retrospectives of her work were held at the Mall Galleries in 1979 and at the Hurlingham Gallery in London during 1989.[3][4] The Potteries Museum & Art Gallery holds examples of her paintings.[3]

References
  1. "Work by Ottilie Tolansky". Ben Uri Collection. Retrieved 9 April 2021.
  2. RW Ditchburn, revised Isobel Falconer (23 September 2004). "Tolansky, Samuel". Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (online ed.). Oxford University Press. doi:10.1093/ref:odnb/31765. Retrieved 9 April 2021. (Subscription or UK public library membership required.)
  3. David Buckman (2006). Artists in Britain Since 1945 Vol 2, M to Z. Art Dictionaries Ltd. ISBN 0-953260-95-X.
  4. Frances Spalding (1990). 20th Century Painters and Sculptors. Antique Collectors' Club. ISBN 1-85149-106-6.
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