Johanna Kampmann-Freund

Johanna Kampmann-Freund (1888-1940) was an Austrian painter and in 1927 was the first woman to win the Austrian State Prize.

Johanna Kampmann-Freund
Born
Johanna Freund

(1888-03-25)25 March 1888
Vienna, Austria
Died1 July 1940(1940-07-01) (aged 52)
Vienna, Austria
NationalityAustrian
Known forPainting
Spouse
K. Kampmann
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(m. 1916; died in 1923)​

Biography

Kampmann-Freund née Freund was born on 25 March 1888 in Vienna, Austria.[1] She studied at the Vienna Women's Academy. She was married to K. Kampmann from 1916 until his death in 1923.[2]

In 1927 Kampmann-Freund was the first woman to win the Austrian State Prize, which was for her painting Hagar.[3][2] She was a member of the Austrian Association of Women Artists (VBKÖ) and the Hagenbund.[3]

Kampmann-Freund died on 1 July 1940 in Vienna.[1] Her work is included in the collection of the Metropolitan Museum of Art.[4]

Legacy

Her work was included in the 2019 exhibition City Of Women: Female artists in Vienna from 1900 to 1938 at the Österreichische Galerie Belvedere.[5]

  • Das tote Kind (The dead child), 1913
    Das tote Kind (The dead child), 1913
  • Beethovenhäuser
    Beethovenhäuser

References
  1. "Johanna Kampmann-Freund". Sammlung Online. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  2. "Kampmann (-Freund), Johanna; geb. Freund". Österreichisches Biographisches Lexikon und biographische Dokumentation (in German). 2003. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  3. Johnson, Julie M. (2012). The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900. Purdue University Press. pp. 382–383. ISBN 978-1-55753-613-6.
  4. "Alt-Wiener Musikerhäuser". Metropolitan Museum of Art. Retrieved 13 July 2020.
  5. "City of Women". Belvedere Museum Vienna. Retrieved 2 July 2020.
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