Collection context
Summary
- Creators:
- Pepi WeixlgÀrtner-Neutra, 1886-1981.
- Abstract:
- This collection primarily consists of prints by Pepi WeixlgÀrtner-Neutra, an Austrian artist.
- Extent:
- 3 oversize folders
- Language:
- Finding aid is written in English.
Background
- Scope and content:
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The collection primarily consists of WeixlgÀrtner's prints. The majority of the works in this collection are portraits and nudes. Among her works represented here are: The God and His Creature, Mater Dolorosa, Dreamvision, Gabriel, Theophilus, prints from the Rhythmus series, Sinfonia Furiosa, Savonarola, and Pietà . Included are portraits of her brother Richard Neutra (ca. 1950), her husband Arpad WeixlgÀrtner (c. 1946) and her son Johannes WeixlgÀrtner. Also included in this collection is a color painting by Raymond Neutra dated 1949.
- Biographical / historical:
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Pepi WeixlgĂ€rtner-Neutra (1886-1981) was an Austrian artist who concentrated on graphic design, sculpture and enamelwork. She was born Josephine Neutra in Vienna, the eldest sister of Los Angeles-based modernist architect Richard Neutra. She married Arpad WeixlgĂ€rtner, a curator at the Kunsthistoriches Museum in Vienna and prominent art historian. She studied sculpture with Anton Hanak in Vienna. Using a style largely inspired by German Expressionism, Pepi became well-known for her graphic prints, produced using such techniques as lithography, vernis mou and woodcuts. After the end of World War II, she lived in Göteborg, Sweden. Starting in the 1960s, she became interested in color enamel techniques and worked on projects with her daughter Elisabeth Söderberg-WeixlgĂ€rtner. Mother and daughter jointly exhibited their work in 1964 at the Museum fĂŒr Kunsthandwerk in Frankfurt (now known as the Museum fĂŒr Angewandte Kunst). The artist is also known by alternate names including: Josephine Therese Neutra, Josefine Neutra, Josephine WeixlgĂ€rtner, Pepi WeixlgĂ€rtner and Pepi Neutra.
- Acquisition information:
- Unknown, April 1997.
- Physical location:
- Stored off-site at SRLF. Advance notice is required for access to the collection. Please contact UCLA Library Special Collections for paging information.
- Rules or conventions:
- Finding aid prepared using Describing Archives: a Content Standard
Indexed terms
Access and use
- Location of this collection:
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A1713 Charles E. Young Research LibraryBox 951575Los Angeles, CA 90095-1575, US
- Contact:
- (310) 825-4988