Hildegard Anna Augusta Elizabeth Freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, Baroness Hilla von Rebay, or simply Hilla Rebay (31 May 1890, Strasbourg, Alsace - 27 September 1967, Greens Farms, Connecticut), was one of the few female abstract painters in the beginning of the 20th century. Events 1279 BC - Rameses II (The Great (19th dynasty becomes pharaoh of Ancient Egypt. Year 1890 ( MDCCCXC) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région Alsace (Alsace alzas Alsatian and Elsass pre-1996 German: Elsaß; Alsatia is one of the 26 Regions of France, located on the eastern Events 489 - Odoacer attacks Theodoric at the Battle of Verona and is defeated again Year 1967 ( MCMLXVII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the 1967 Gregorian calendar. Greens Farms (rarely spelled in its original form Green's Farms) is a neighborhood or section in the town of Westport in Fairfield County, Connecticut Abstract art uses a Visual language of form color and line to create a composition which exists independently of visual references to the world The twentieth century of the Common Era began on
She came from a German noble family. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Nobility is a government-privileged title which may be either hereditary (see Hereditary titles) or for a lifetime She lived in Berlin for a while, before moving to the United States in 1927. Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the Year 1927 ( MCMXXVII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar.
She was also an avid art collector, and a long-time friend and confidante of Solomon R. Guggenheim, and helped him buy various artworks to establish the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum in New York City. Solomon Robert Guggenheim ( February 2, 1861 – November 3, 1949) was an American art collector and Philanthropist This article refers to the Guggenheim's landmark New York museum The City of New York She was also the one who chose architect Frank Lloyd Wright to design the museum. An architect is a licensed individual who leads a design team in the Planning and Design of buildings and participates in oversight of Building Construction Frank Lloyd Wright (June 8 1867 &ndash April 9 1959 was an American (of Welsh descent Architect, Interior designer, Writer, and educator who
Apart from her meticulous taste in modern art, and painting many pieces herself, she was rumoured to be difficult and bossy. History of Modern art Roots in the 19th century Although modern Sculpture and Architecture are reckoned to have emerged at the end of the nineteenth She had a good rapport with Solomon Guggenheim, but not with the rest of the family, especially his niece Peggy. Peggy Guggenheim ( August 26, 1898 – December 23, 1979) was an American Art collector She was internally called "the B", (not for "baroness"), and when Guggenheim died, the family expelled her from the board of directors.
When the museum was finally opened, she was not even invited for the opening. She never set foot in the museum she essentially helped create. Embittered, she retreated from public life and spend many years at her estate in Westport, Connecticut, where she continued to meet many artists, including Kandinsky, and Chagall. Westport is a coastal town located on Long Island Sound in Fairfield County, Connecticut, 47 miles north of New York City in the United Wassily Kandinsky (Russian Василий Кандинский first name pronounced as) ( – 13 December 1944 was a Russian painter, Printmaker Marc Chagall (מאַרק שאַגאַל&lrm Belarusian: Мойша Захаравіч Шагалаў Mojša Zaharavič Šagałaŭ; Russian: Марк She died in 1967.
In 2005, nearly forty years after her death, the Guggenheim Museum honored von Rebay, featuring a special exhibition on her role in the foundation, as well as her artworks. Year 2005 ( MMV) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Part of her exhibit demonstrates her amazingly intricate collages of people, as well as modern art images that she put together very carefully. The exhibit is scheduled to travel through Europe. The Hilla von Rebay Foundation at the Guggenheim Museum offers stipends to summer interns who are currently enrolled graduate students. A stipend is a form of Monetary payment or salary such as for an Internship or Apprenticeship.
Notes
- ^ Regarding personal names: Freiin is a title, translated as Baroness, not a first or middle name. Freiherr, a German word is a title of Nobility of lower Peerage rank in the former Holy Roman Empire (in German Heiliges Römisches Baron is a specific Title of nobility. The word baron comes from Old French baron, itself from Old High German and Latin (liber The title is for the unmarried daughters of a Freiherr. Freiherr, a German word is a title of Nobility of lower Peerage rank in the former Holy Roman Empire (in German Heiliges Römisches
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External links
- Guggenheim Museum | Hilla von Rebay
- Smithsonian Archives | Interview with Hilla von Rebay
- ORF | Hilla von Rebay (in German)
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