Advanced Search

Learn About The Holocaust

Special Collections

My Saved Research

Login

Register

Help

Skip to main content

Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp

Object | Accession Number: 1990.125.7

Search this record's additional resources, such as finding aids, documents, or transcripts.

No results match this search term.
Check spelling and try again.

results are loading

0 results found for “keyward

    Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
    Loading

    Please select from the following options:

    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
    creation:  approximately 1937
    Geography
    creation: Vienna (Austria)
    Credit Line
    United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora Amann
    Signature
    Charcoaled in lower right corner "E Iranyi"
    Contributor
    Artist: Ella Iranyi
    Subject: Ella Iranyi
    Subject: Dora Amann
    Biography
    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
    Art
    Category
    Drawings
    Object Type
    Drawing (lcsh)
    Physical Description
    Image of seated nude man with his head bent over his lap amid swirling smoke.
    Dimensions
    overall: Height: 30.750 inches (78.105 cm) | Width: 23.500 inches (59.69 cm)
    Materials
    overall : paper, charcoal

    Rights & Restrictions

    Conditions on Access
    No restrictions on access
    Conditions on Use
    No restrictions on use

    Keywords & Subjects

    Personal Name
    Iranyi, Ella, 1988-1942.

    Administrative Notes

    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:
    2024-11-07 12:03:17
    This page:
    http:​/​/collections.ushmm.org​/search​/catalog​/irn2607

    Download & Licensing

    In-Person Research

    Contact Us