Die Frau des Künstlers
um 1930
Medium
Öl auf Leinwand auf Hartfaserplatte
Dimensions
44 x 34 cm
Classification
Gemälde
Department
Belvedere Collection
Museum
Belvedere
Credit
Belvedere, Vienna
Accession Number
5507
Art Historical Context
**Die Frau des Künstlers (The Artist's Wife)** Wilhelm Thöny's *Die Frau des Künstlers*, painted around 1930, captures an intimate portrait of the artist's wife in oil on canvas mounted on hardboard, measuring a modest 44 x 34 cm. Housed in Vienna's Belvedere Collection, this small-scale gem reflects the personal side of Thöny's oeuvre amid Austria's vibrant interwar art scene. Thöny (1889–1949), a prominent Austrian painter and illustrator, gained fame through his elegant depictions of modern women in posters and Secessionist exhibitions, blending Art Nouveau grace with emerging modernist se...