Erika Giovanna Klien
Erika Giovanna Klien was a female painter born in 12 April 1900 in Borgo Valsugana (Trentino, Italy)[1].
She studied at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Vienna (Austria) in 1919 and graduated in 1925.
Her son Walter Klien (* 27 November 1928 in Graz, Austria; † 10 February 1991) became a pianist.
In 1929 she moved to the United States[2] and had no more contact with her family.
She died on 19 July 1957 from a heart attack in New York City[1].
Exhibitions
- 1976: First retrospective at the Gallery Papst, Vienna[2]
- 1986: retrospective at Gallery Pabst, Munich[2]
- 1987: Museum des XX. Jahrhunderts (Museum of the 20th Century), Vienna (250 works)[2]
- 1989: Rachel Adler Gallery, New York[3]
- 2001: Bolzano
- Permanently: Phillips Collection Art Museum in Washington, DC.
- ^ a b http://www.fembio.org/english/biography.php/woman/biography/erika-giovanna-klien
- ^ a b c d http://www.galerie-pabst.de/links/kuenstler/klien/klien.htm
- ^ http://www.artnet.de/artist/9586/erika-giovanna-klien.html
| Persondata |
| Name |
Klien, Erika Giovanna |
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| Date of birth |
12 April 1900 |
| Place of birth |
Borgo Valsugana, Trentino, Italy |
| Date of death |
19 July 1957 |
| Place of death |
New York City, NY, USA |