2001 - Eleonore Rozanek (1896, Prague – 1987, Munich)

Eleonore Rozanek (1896, Prague – 1987, Munich) Portrait of a Young Woman A portrait of a woman by Rozanek, trained in the French Impressionist style, who attended the School of Applied Arts in Altona from 1913 to 1920 and subsequently painted many portraits, especially of her “beautiful friends,” as she called them. Rozanek worked in a variety of media, including oil, gouache, wax crayon, ink, colored pencil, lithography, and etching. Beginning in 1947, she participated in numerous exhibitions, including those organized by GEDOK (Association of German and Austrian Women Artists). The painting can be seen in a photograph of a GEDOK exhibition by the Hamburg group in Bremen, likely from the late 1940s. Mixed media on cardboard. Signed on the reverse; On the reverse, an old newspaper clipping with a photograph and additional inscriptions. 43 cm x 36 cm. Framed. Oil and mixed media on cardboard. Signed. On the reverse, an old exhibition photograph showing the work.