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)
Bildnis eines braven Knaben, 1967

Maria Lassnig

Bildnis eines braven Knaben, 1967

Sale Date: November 28, 2007

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Ohne Titel, 1985

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1985

Sale Date: November 12, 2007

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Mit einem Tiger schlafen, 1975

Maria Lassnig

Mit einem Tiger schlafen, 1975

Sale Date: November 20, 2007

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Ohne Titel, 1985

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1985

Sale Date: November 10, 2007

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Conversation, 1964

Maria Lassnig

Conversation, 1964

Sale Date: October 23, 2007

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Klavierstockerl, 1988–1989

Maria Lassnig

Klavierstockerl, 1988–1989

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Schwarzer Kopf, 1955

Maria Lassnig

Schwarzer Kopf, 1955

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Kartoffelpresse, 1989

Maria Lassnig

Kartoffelpresse, 1989

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Samson, 1983

Maria Lassnig

Samson, 1983

Sale Date: June 19, 2007

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Erotik ist nicht immer Sache der Schönheit, 1983

Maria Lassnig

Erotik ist nicht immer Sache der Schönheit, 1983

Sale Date: June 1, 2007

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Mann u. Frau, 1991

Maria Lassnig

Mann u. Frau, 1991

Sale Date: May 30, 2007

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Ohne Titel, 1971

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1971

Sale Date: May 7, 2007

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Die Suppe kocht über - Die unbedingte Linie..., 1984

Maria Lassnig

Die Suppe kocht über - Die unbedingte Linie..., 1984

Sale Date: January 24, 2007

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Mutter und Tochter (Selbstbildnis mit Mutter), 1946

Maria Lassnig

Mutter und Tochter (Selbstbildnis mit Mutter), 1946

Sale Date: January 24, 2007

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Haus des Windes, 1990

Maria Lassnig

Haus des Windes, 1990

Sale Date: November 22, 2006

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Subway und Swimmingpool, 1977

Maria Lassnig

Subway und Swimmingpool, 1977

Sale Date: November 22, 2006

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Uförmige Figuration, 1961

Maria Lassnig

Uförmige Figuration, 1961

Sale Date: November 22, 2006

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Swimmingpool (from Maria Lassnig - 7 Kupferstiche)

Maria Lassnig

Swimmingpool (from Maria Lassnig - 7 Kupferstiche)

Sale Date: November 28, 2006

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Subway 1977 (from Maria Lassnig - 7..., 1977

Maria Lassnig

Subway 1977 (from Maria Lassnig - 7..., 1977

Sale Date: November 28, 2006

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NYC, 1979

Maria Lassnig

NYC, 1979

Sale Date: November 28, 2006

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Ohne Titel, 1997

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1997

Sale Date: December 2, 2006

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Tulpenknospe

Maria Lassnig

Tulpenknospe

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Ohne Titel, 1986

Maria Lassnig

Ohne Titel, 1986

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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Tiger, 1981

Maria Lassnig

Tiger, 1981

Sale Date: November 15, 2006

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