3832 - Sophie Noske, attributed, Bellflower

Sophie Noske, attributed, Bellflower Bellflower with bright purple flowers, elaborate colour linocut, partly featuring iridescent shades of blue and purple reminiscent of watercolour, circa 1930, unsigned, minimal signs of wear, mounted in a passe-partout, image dimensions approx. 26 x 20.5 cm. Artist information: also known as Sophie Sander-Noske, Austrian goldsmith, enamel artist and graphic designer (1884, Vienna - 1958, Vienna), 1902-04: studied at the School of Applied Arts at the Austrian Museum of Art and Culture in Vienna; attended the Vienna Women’s Art School; completed an apprenticeship as a goldsmith in Pforzheim; Paris and Oslo; from 1911, she held enamelling courses to promote the craft in Cortina d’Ampezzo, 1911-12: Professor at the School of Applied Arts in Haarlem; 1923-25: worked at the Wiener Werkstätte; from 1927 onwards, she worked primarily as a painter and graphic artist; participated in exhibitions organised by the Association of Women Artists in Austria; Source: Vollmer and Wikipedia.