Erma Bossi

Erma Bossi
Portrait of Erma Bossi by Carlo Wostry
Born
Erma Barrera-Bossi

(1875-06-09)9 June 1875
Pula, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)
Died14 April 1952(1952-04-14) (aged 76)
Milan, Italy
NationalityItalian
Known forPainting
MovementGerman Expressionism

Erma Bossi (1875–1952) was an Italian painter in the German Expressionist style.[1]

Biography

Bossi was born in 1875 in Pula.[2] She studied art in Munich and was associated with Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky.[3] She was a member of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (Munich New Association of Artists).[4]

She died in 1952 in Milan, Italy.[5] Her work is in the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Kunsthalle Emden. In 2013 the Schlossmuseum Murnau held a retrospective of her work.[6]

References

  1. ^ "Erma Barrera-Bossi". AskArt. Archived from the original on 31 October 2015. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  2. ^ "Barrera-Bossi, Erma | Biography". MutualArt. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  3. ^ "Barrera-Bossi, Erma". Benezit Dictionary of Artists. 2011. doi:10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00012377. ISBN 978-0-19-977378-7. Archived from the original on 4 July 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  4. ^ "Erma Bossi Biography". Art Directory GmbH. Archived from the original on 14 February 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  5. ^ "Erma Bossi". Enciclopedia Delle Donne (in Italian). Archived from the original on 18 August 2020. Retrieved 8 August 2020.
  6. ^ "Erma Bossi - Biografie und Angebote - Kauf und Verkauf". Ketterer Kunst. Archived from the original on 15 June 2017. Retrieved 8 August 2020.