Helena Emingerová

Czech artist

Helena Emingerová
self portrait
Born	(1858-08-17)17 August 1858 Prague, Austrian Empire (now the Czech Republic)
Died	4 August 1943(1943-08-04) (aged 55) Prague, Bohemia and Moravia, Nazi Germany (now the Czech Republic)
Nationality	Czech
Known for	Painting

Helena Emingerová (1858–1943) was a Czech painter.^[1]

Biography

Emingerová was born on 17 August 1858 in Prague, in what is now the Czech Republic. She studied in Prague at Emil Reynièr's School of Drawing in 1892.^[2] She went on to study in Dresden, Germany and then at the Academy of Fine Arts, Munich where her teachers included Maximilian Dasio.^[3] In 1891 she went to Paris to study at the Académie Colarossi.

Emingerová first earned a living as a drawing teacher. She went on to support herself by creating portraits (mainly in pastel) of members of the upper class in Austria-Hungary, Bohemia, Germany, Moravia, Poland, and Russia. Emingerová also produced many etchings, as well as some sculptures. Emingerová died on 4 August 1943 in Prague. One of her siblings, Kateřina Emingerová, was noted musician and writer.^[2]

Gallery

Portrait of painter Olga Boznańska
Portrait of Marie Kalasova

References

^ "Helena Emingerová". Database of Modern Exhibitions (DoME) | European Paintings and Drawings 1905-1915. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ ^a ^b "Emingerová Helena". Biographical Dictionary of the Czech Lands. Retrieved 23 May 2021.
^ "Helena Emingerová". National Gallery Prague. Retrieved 23 May 2021.