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Teresa Feoderovna Ries (30 January 1874, Moscow – 16 July 1956, Lugano)[1] was a Russian-born Austrian sculptor and painter. The year of her birth has also been given as 1866 and 1877.

Life and work

Teresa Ries was born in Russia to a Jewish family. She attended the Moscow School of Painting, Sculpture and Architecture. She was expelled for showing disrespect toward a professor in one of her classes.[2][3] She moved to Vienna at the age of 21, where her first exhibition at the Vienna Künstlerhaus included Witch, a sculpture of a nude woman clipping her toenails.[4] This piece caught the attention of Kaiser Franz Joseph I,[3] and she soon became highly celebrated throughout Vienna.[4] The exhibition was also attended by Gustav Klimt, an active member of the Vienna Secession movement, who asked her to exhibit with them.[3] She sought out Edmund Hellmer as a mentor; at first he refused, saying that "it was pointless to teach women since they married anyway".[1] Hellmer eventually relented and helped her to exhibit her work and to gain commissions.[1]

In 1900 Ries exhibited at the Paris World's Fair and the 1911 World's Fair in Turin on the invitation of both Russia and Austria.[3] Prince Aloys of Liechtenstein offered her the use of a suite of rooms beside his own picture gallery as a studio.[3]

Working in stone, marble, plaster, and bronze,[5] Ries produced both private and public works during her career. Some of her well-known nude sculptures are Sleepwaker (pre-1894),[6] Lucifer (c. 1897),[7] and Death (1898).[8] She produced sculptures and busts for public spaces; her Bust of Jaromir Mundy (1897) is mounted on the outside of the Vienna Fireman's Association building.[9] She is perhaps best known for photographing and creating a bust of Mark Twain during the time he resided in Vienna.[10][11][12]

According to art critic Karl Kraus, "her exhibitions received too much publicity".[3] Ries published her memoir, Die Sprache des Steines (The Language of Stone) in 1928.[13] In 1938 she was evicted from her gallery and studio space due to the Nazi policy of Aryanization. She continued to work in Vienna until 1942[3] and then immigrated to Lugano, Switzerland.[5][12]

Personal life

Ries married, lost a child, and divorced while still a teenager in Moscow.[2]

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.[14]

References

Sources

• Johnson, Julie M. (2012). The Memory Factory: The Forgotten Women Artists of Vienna 1900. Purdue University Press. ISBN 978-1-55753-613-6.
• Anka Leśniak: Teresa Feodorowna Ries and The Witch. Art and Documentation, 21, 2019, pp. 143–158

На других языках

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[de] Teresa Feodorowna Ries

Teresa Feodorowna Ries (geboren 30. Jänner 1874 in Moskau, Russisches Kaiserreich; gestorben 16. Juli 1956 in Lugano[1]) war eine österreichische Bildhauerin und Malerin russischer Herkunft. Sie war eine der ersten Bildhauerinnen im Wien des 19. Jahrhunderts, die sich in der von Männern dominierten Bildhauerei einen Namen machen konnte.

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- [en] Teresa Feoderovna Ries

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[es] Teresa Feoderovna Ries

Teresa Feoderovna Ries (1874–1950) fue una escultora y pintora ruso-austríaca.[1]

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[fr] Teresa Feoderovna Ries

Teresa Feodorowna Ries[1] (ou Teresa Feodorovna Ries), née en 1866 et morte en 1956, est une sculptrice et peintre autrichienne d'origine russe.

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[it] Teresa Feoderovna Ries

Teresa Feoderovna Ries (in russo: Тереза Фёдоровна Рис?, traslitterato: Tereza Fëdorovna Ris; Mosca, 30 gennaio 1874 – Lugano, 1956) è stata una scultrice austriaca di origine russa.

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[ru] Рис, Тереза Фёдоровна

Тереза Фёдоровна Рис (нем. Teresa Feoderovna Ries) (1874―1950)[7]. Австрийская художница и скульптор российско-еврейского происхождения.

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