Maria Lassnig

(Austrian, 1919–2014)

Maria Lassnig was an Austrian painter known for her psychologically expressive self-portraits, often rendered with a combination of turquoise greens and saturated magentas. Lassnig’s work explores “body awareness” using distorted or exaggerated features to depict internal sensations and feelings. An artist with a career spanning over 50 years, Lassnig only began to receive international attention when she was well into her 60s, garnering major exhibitions and the admiration of contemporary painters such as Dana Schutz. Her work was notably the subject of a retrospective in 2014 at the MoMA P.S.1 museum in Queens, NY. Born on September 8, 1919 in Kappel am Krappfeld, Austria, she went on to attend the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna during the Second World War, moving to New York to study animated film in the early 1970s at the School of Visual Arts. The artist died on May 6, 2014 in Vienna, Austria at the age of 94. Today, Lassnig’s works are in the collections of The Museum of Modern Art in New York, the Essl Collection of Contemporary Art, and the Museum Ludwig in Cologne, among others. 

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Maria Lassnig (586 results)
Swimmingpool (from 7 Kupferstiche), 1987

Maria Lassnig

Swimmingpool (from 7 Kupferstiche), 1987

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Fruchtbarkeit, 1987

Maria Lassnig

Fruchtbarkeit, 1987

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Mädchen mit Weinglas, 1981

Maria Lassnig

Mädchen mit Weinglas, 1981

Sale Date: November 5, 2014

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Nature morte, 1985

Maria Lassnig

Nature morte, 1985

Sale Date: October 16, 2014

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Zwei Maler, drei Leinwände (Two Painters,..., 1986

Maria Lassnig

Zwei Maler, drei Leinwände (Two Painters,..., 1986

Sale Date: October 13, 2014

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Kopf

Maria Lassnig

Kopf

Sale Date: October 7, 2014

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o.T. (Bäuerin im Stall)

Maria Lassnig

o.T. (Bäuerin im Stall)

Sale Date: October 7, 2014

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Wirklich gesehene Tiere vor meinem Fenster, 1978

Maria Lassnig

Wirklich gesehene Tiere vor meinem Fenster, 1978

Sale Date: October 7, 2014

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Badende

Maria Lassnig

Badende

Sale Date: October 7, 2014

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o.T. (Schlosspark Versailles), 1974

Maria Lassnig

o.T. (Schlosspark Versailles), 1974

Sale Date: October 7, 2014

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Im Garten

Maria Lassnig

Im Garten

Sale Date: October 7, 2014

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Ohne Titel, 1985

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1985

Sale Date: June 4, 2014

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Ohne Titel, 1985

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1985

Sale Date: June 4, 2014

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Fast jeder Mensch ist ein Narr, 1996

Maria Lassnig

Fast jeder Mensch ist ein Narr, 1996

Sale Date: June 3, 2014

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Untitled, 2000

Maria Lassnig

Untitled, 2000

Sale Date: May 31, 2014

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Die Elfen spielen wie aus einem Guß (F. M), 1992

Maria Lassnig

Die Elfen spielen wie aus einem Guß (F. M), 1992

Sale Date: May 21, 2014

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Augenwiede, 1999

Maria Lassnig

Augenwiede, 1999

Sale Date: April 8, 2014

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O.T., 1986

Maria Lassnig

O.T., 1986

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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Mensch im Baum, 1966

Maria Lassnig

Mensch im Baum, 1966

Sale Date: March 25, 2014

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Körperlichkeit, 1958

Maria Lassnig

Körperlichkeit, 1958

Sale Date: February 13, 2014

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Erwachen

Maria Lassnig

Erwachen

Sale Date: January 29, 2014

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Ohne Titel, 1997

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1997

Sale Date: December 6, 2013

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Fruchtbarkeit, 1919

Maria Lassnig

Fruchtbarkeit, 1919

Sale Date: December 4, 2013

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Breakfast with 3 Figures, 1975

Maria Lassnig

Breakfast with 3 Figures, 1975

Sale Date: November 30, 2013

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