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Hans Böhler, Freundinnen, 1938, Öl auf Leinwand, 97,5 × 134 cm, Belvedere, Wien, Inv.-Nr. 12129
Foto: Johannes Stoll / Belvedere, Wien
This is the English text for C. Contact: Reproabteilung.

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  • Date1938
    • Artist Hans Böhler (1884 Wien – 1961 Wien)
  • Object typePainting
  • MediumOil on canvas
  • Dimensions
    97,5 × 134 cm
  • SignatureSign. auf der Rückseite: Hans Böhler, dat. am Keilrahmen: Jan 27 - 1938 - April15
  • Inventory number12129
  • Location Belvedere 21

  • Hans Böhler was from an art-loving industrialist family and had the means to devote himself completely to painting. This double portrait shows two important women—both in his life and on the New York art scene. In the mid-1930s Böhler met the American sculptor Selma Burke while she was studying in Vienna. Burke was a member of the influential Harlem Renaissance movement, a vibrant revival of African American culture in the interwar period. Böhler followed her to New York and became an American citizen. Here he met his childhood friend and former partner Friederike Beer-Monti, who was director of the Artists’ Gallery that supported young American artists and Austrian exiles, including Max Oppenheimer.
    • 1961 Nachlass Hans Böhler, Wien.
    • Sammlung Friederike Beer-Monti, USA.
    • Privatbesitz, Österreich.
    • 2008 imKinsky, Wien.
    • Privatsammlung, Europa.
    • 2024 Kunsthandel Widder, Wien
    • 2024 Ankauf Kunsthandel Widder, Wien
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