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Twardowski was born in [[Vienna]] in 1880.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Ilse_von_Twardowski|title=Ilse von Twardowski – Wien Geschichte Wiki|website=www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> Her father was a merchant who converted from the Jewish faith in 1882 together with his family. Here father changed his name from Hugh Cohn to Hugh Conrat. His brother who became a leading bacteriologist, [[Ferdinand Cohn]] remained with his birth name.
Twardowski was born in [[Vienna]] in 1880.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Ilse_von_Twardowski|title=Ilse von Twardowski – Wien Geschichte Wiki|website=www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at|access-date=2019-01-28}}</ref> Her father was a merchant who converted from the Jewish faith in 1882 together with his family. Here father changed his name from Hugh Cohn to Hugh Conrat. His brother who became a leading bacteriologist, [[Ferdinand Cohn]] remained with his birth name.
[[File:Zentralfriedhof Vienna - Brahms.JPG|thumb|upright|Brahms's grave in the [[Zentralfriedhof]] (Central Cemetery), Vienna by Twardowski.]]
[[File:Grab von Johannes Brahms auf dem Wiener Zentralfriedhof.JPG|thumb|upright|Brahms's grave in the [[Zentralfriedhof]] (Central Cemetery), Vienna by Twardowski.]]
Twardowski became a leading sculptor after training with [[Josef Breitner]] and [[Charles van der Stappen]].<ref name="Johnson2012">{{cite book|author=Julie M. Johnson|title=The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FDPEIQJaQ0C&pg=PA369|year=2012|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn=978-1-55753-613-6|pages=369–}}</ref> An early commission was for Elizabeth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46992369|title=Forgotten women artists of Vienna censored by the Nazis|date=2019-01-26|access-date=2019-01-28|language=en-GB}}</ref> She exhibited in 1909 in the "8 women artists" exhibition.
Twardowski became a leading sculptor after training with [[Josef Breitner]] and [[Charles van der Stappen]].<ref name="Johnson2012">{{cite book|author=Julie M. Johnson|title=The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=8FDPEIQJaQ0C&pg=PA369|year=2012|publisher=Purdue University Press|isbn=978-1-55753-613-6|pages=369–}}</ref> An early commission was for Elizabeth.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-46992369|title=Forgotten women artists of Vienna censored by the Nazis|date=2019-01-26|access-date=2019-01-28|language=en-GB}}</ref> She exhibited in 1909 in the "8 women artists" exhibition.



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Ilse von Twardowski
Born
Ilse Beatrix Amalia Cohn

1880
Died1942
NationalityAustria
Other namesIlse Conrat
Occupationsculptor
SpouseMajor General Twardowski

Ilse von Twardowski or Ilse Twardowski-Conrat (1880 – 1942) was an Austrian sculptor.

Life

Twardowski was born in Vienna in 1880.[1] Her father was a merchant who converted from the Jewish faith in 1882 together with his family. Here father changed his name from Hugh Cohn to Hugh Conrat. His brother who became a leading bacteriologist, Ferdinand Cohn remained with his birth name.

Brahms's grave in the Zentralfriedhof (Central Cemetery), Vienna by Twardowski.

Twardowski became a leading sculptor after training with Josef Breitner and Charles van der Stappen.[2] An early commission was for Elizabeth.[3] She exhibited in 1909 in the "8 women artists" exhibition.

In 1935 she was told that she could no longer practice her art in Munich. She had to sell her large studio and move out to the suburbs.[2]

One of her commissions was the gravestone for Johannes Brahms who she had known. In 1910 she was chosen to create a funerary monument for her teacher Charles van der Stappen.

Twardowski took her own life in Munich in 1942 after receiving orders to join other Jews[2] during the time of the holocaust.[3]

References

  1. ^ "Ilse von Twardowski – Wien Geschichte Wiki". www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at. Retrieved 2019-01-28.
  2. ^ a b c Julie M. Johnson (2012). The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900. Purdue University Press. pp. 369–. ISBN 978-1-55753-613-6.
  3. ^ a b "Forgotten women artists of Vienna censored by the Nazis". 2019-01-26. Retrieved 2019-01-28.