Overview
- Brief Narrative
- Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
- Date
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creation:
approximately 1937
- Geography
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creation:
Vienna (Austria)
- Credit Line
- United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora Amann
- Contributor
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Artist:
Ella Iranyi
Subject: Ella Iranyi
Subject: Dora Amann
- Biography
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Ella Iranyi was born on April 5, 1888, in Vienna, Austria. She trained as an artist at the Viennese Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen, one of the first art schools for women. She became a member of the Wiener Werkstatte. She had a successful career as an illustrator and graphic artist. In March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria. Policies to persecute the Jewish popuaiton were soon in place. Iranyi was Jewish and was deported from Vienna, Austria, to Izbica, Poland, ca. 1939, where she perished, age 54, on April 9, 1942.
Physical Details
- Classification
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Art
- Category
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Drawings
- Object Type
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Drawing (lcsh)
- Physical Description
- Pen and ink illustrations on paper with two rows of four squares and three portraits in a column in the opposite orientation:
1) King points to young man as cherubs look down
2) View of palace amid flora and fauna
3) Princess and pauper face doorway as grotesques frolic behind them
4) Subjects scatter rose petals as prince and princes approach stairway
5) Man and princess make bed at base of tree in view of houses nearby
7) Old kin approaches young lovers sitting in garden
8) Angry man watches grotesques confront princess
9) Head and shoulders of woman in checked shirt and Chef's hat
10) Head and shoulders of elderly woman
11) Head and shoulders of man in glasses - Dimensions
- overall: Height: 24.875 inches (63.183 cm) | Width: 18.500 inches (46.99 cm)
- Materials
- overall : paper, ink
- Inscription
- Inked below image of woman in chef's hat "Selbstportrait"
Rights & Restrictions
- Conditions on Access
- No restrictions on access
- Conditions on Use
- No restrictions on use
Keywords & Subjects
Administrative Notes
- Legal Status
- Permanent Collection
- Provenance
- The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Dora Amann, sister of Ella Iranyi.
- Funding Note
- The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
- Record last modified:
- 2023-03-10 10:43:46
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Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
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Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
Object
Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
Object
Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
Object
Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
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Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
Object
Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
Object
Illustrations created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
Object
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