FRANZISKA ZACH (Losenstein 1900 - 1930 Paris), Midday Rest, around 1920

FRANZISKA ZACH
(Losenstein 1900 - 1930 Paris)
Midday Rest
woodcut/paper, 16,5 x 12,2 cm
verso estate stamp Franziska Zach, collection Chrastek
Provenance: private property Vienna

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Austrian painter, graphic artist, enamel and fresco artist of the 20th century. Counts among the so-called lost or forgotten generation. Attended the Technical School for Textile Industry in Vienna, 1917 to 1924 training at the School of Arts and Crafts with Oskar Strnad, Alfred Böhm, Alfred Roller, Erich Mallina, Wilhelm Müller-Hofmann, Adele Stark. 1923/1924 in the workshop for enamel painting with Josef Hoffmann, then his own workshop for enamel work. Exhibited as a guest and associate member of the Hagenbund. Member of the artists' association Wiener Frauenkunst. In the 1920s travels to Paris, southern France and England. 1930 Studio in Paris, friendship with Josef Floch. Created mainly landscapes, still lifes, portraits, genre and history paintings, and frescoes. Influence of Josef Floch and Georg Merkel recognizable.

Zach attended the Technical School for the Textile Industry in Vienna and then received her training at the School of Applied Arts from 1917 to 1924 with Oskar Strnad, Alfred Böhm, Alfred Roller, Erich Mallina, Wilhelm Müller-Hofmann, Adele Stark and from 1923 to 1924 with Josef Hoffmann in the workshop for enamel painting. She acquired her own kiln and made vessels from enamel, later mainly enamel pictures. In 1926 she was commissioned to paint frescoes in a small prayer chapel near Heiligenblut. The artists' community "Wiener Frauenkunst" accepted her as a member. She regularly took part in the exhibitions of "Viennese women's art", some of which took place in the rooms of the Hagenbund. In 1929 she exhibited as a guest in the Hagenbund and later became an extraordinary member. In 1927 she stayed in southern France and in 1928, following an invitation from friends, went to England, where she found a patron. This enabled her further stays in Ireland and a studio in Paris, which she maintained from 1930. In the summer of 1930 she received the Prize of the City of Vienna for her works created in Paris. Shortly before her first solo exhibition in France, she died of a stomach ailment. After her death, Zach was initially forgotten, only to be rediscovered in the large Hagenbund exhibition at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.

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