The Painter Roxane Zurunić

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Künstler*in Franz Lerch (1895 Wien – 1977 New York)

Object typePainting
MediumOil on canvas
Dimensions
68,5 × 55,5 cm
SignatureSign. rechts unten: Lerch
Inventory number3208
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During the interwar period, Franz Lerch, a native of Vienna, was regarded as a proponent of New Objectivity. However, his works from these years, despite their understated neatness, do not appear cold or austere, but always warm, organic, lively as compared to the works of his German counterparts. The woman portrayed here, Roxane Zurunić, cultivated a remarkable path in education for her time. She began her painting studies at the Vienna Academy in 1920 and pursued art history, archaeology, psychology, and architecture in Vienna and Zagreb, where she received her doctorate in 1938. She worked as a teacher and took part in numerous exhibitions with her works. We see the young woman captured in this portrait as self-confident, distinctive, and elegant.