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Olga Wisinger-Florian
Olga Wisinger-Florian

Olga Wisinger-Florian

Austrian, 1844–1926
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Olga Wisinger-Florian was an Austrian impressionist painter, mainly of landscapes and flower still life. She was a representative of the Austrian "Stimmungsimpressionismus [de]" (Mood Impressionism), a loose group of Austrian impressionist painters that was considered avant-garde in the 1870s and 1880s.

Wisinger-Florian was born and lived all her life in Vienna. She began private art lessons at age 19. Frustrated with her progress and the quality of the instruction, she followed her parents' wishes and trained as a concert pianist with Julius Epstein. From 1868 to 1873 she had some success as a pianist, until a hand injury forced her retirement from the piano.

At age 30, Wisinger-Florian returned to painting, and devoted herself wholly to its study. She studied first with August Schaeffer and then with Emil Jakob Schindler. When she was 35 she was included in an exhibition of the Viennese Art Association. She was one of only nine women asked to contribute to Die österreichisch-Ungarische Monarchie, a 24-part encyclopedia of the lands and peoples of the Austro-Hungarian empire—of the other women included, Wisinger-Florian was the lone Austrian.

From 1881 she regularly showed paintings at the annual exhibitions mounted at the artist's house and later often showed at Vienna Secession exhibitions. The work she showed at the Paris and Chicago international exhibitions earned her worldwide acclaim. Wisinger-Florian exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts and The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois. The artist, who was also active in the middle-class women's movements of the time, was awarded numerous distinctions and prizes. Wisinger-Florian's early paintings can be assigned to what is known as Austrian Mood Impressionism. In her landscape paintings she adopted Schindler's sublime approach to nature. The motifs she employed, such as views of tree-lined avenues, gardens and fields, were strongly reminiscent of her teacher's work. After breaking with Schindler in 1884, however, the artist went her own way. Her conception of landscapes became more realistic. Her late work is notable for a lurid palette, with discernible overtones of Expressionism. With landscape and flower pictures that were already Expressionist in palette by the 1890s, she was years ahead of her time.

Despite her late start as a painter, Wisinger-Florian enjoyed renown in fin de siècle Vienna. Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.

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Bouquet of Forest Flowers, Poppies and Yellow Daisies in a vase

Bouquet of Forest Flowers, Poppies and Yellow Daisies in a vase

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Abend

Abend

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Stillleben mit Feldfrüchten

Stillleben mit Feldfrüchten

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Stiefmütterchen und Schmetterlinge

Stiefmütterchen und Schmetterlinge

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Interieur mit festlich gedecktem Tisch

Interieur mit festlich gedecktem Tisch

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Hay Cart

Hay Cart

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Blumenstrauß mit Crysanthemen und Ringelblumen

Blumenstrauß mit Crysanthemen und Ringelblumen

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Black hellebore

Black hellebore

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Still Leben Mit Stiefmütterchen (Still Life With Pansies)

Still Leben Mit Stiefmütterchen (Still Life With Pansies)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Blick auf das Kahlenberger Dorf

Blick auf das Kahlenberger Dorf

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Arbeit am Bauernhof

Arbeit am Bauernhof (1888)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Allee am Weiher

Allee am Weiher (1906)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Pathway In Early Spring

Pathway In Early Spring

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
The Bisamberg Near Vienna

The Bisamberg Near Vienna

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Summer Flowers of the Field

Summer Flowers of the Field

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
A bouquet of roses

A bouquet of roses (1895)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Botanical
October

October

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Interior

Interior

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Blühender Mohn

Blühender Mohn (1895-1900)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Mein Atelier

Mein Atelier (1896)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Herbstlaub (Autumn Leaves)

Herbstlaub (Autumn Leaves)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Still Life
Study of a peasant woman returning home

Study of a peasant woman returning home

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Landscape Study

Landscape Study

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Am Tümpel hinterm Haus

Am Tümpel hinterm Haus (1902)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
A coastal landscape

A coastal landscape

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
A Gardenpath of the Riviera Palace Hotels bei Monte Carlo

A Gardenpath of the Riviera Palace Hotels bei Monte Carlo (1906)

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
A Girl in the Garden

A Girl in the Garden

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Child Sitting on a Wooden Walkway

Child Sitting on a Wooden Walkway

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Figurative
Avenue of Poplars

Avenue of Poplars

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
Aulandschaft

Aulandschaft

Olga Wisinger-Florian (Austrian, 1844–1926)
Landscape
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