Bertha von Tarnóczy

Bertha von Tarnóczy-Sprinzenberg (1 April 1846, Innsbruck - 6 March 1936, Pörtschach am Wörthersee) was an Austrian art teacher and painter, specializing in landscapes and still lifes.

Biography Her father was the court Financial Director, Karl Ludwig von Tarnóczy-Sprinzenberg and her uncle was the Archbishop (later Cardinal), Maximilian Joseph von Tarnóczy. She attended school in the convent of Sacré Coeur, Riedenburg, where she first displayed her talent for drawing. She accompanied her father on his numerous travels until 1875/76, when she took her first art lessons in Salzburg with Anton Hansch.

In 1877, she went to Munich, where she studied in the Women's Department at the Academy of Fine Arts with and took private lessons from Jeanna Bauck. In 1882, she became one of the founding members of the Munich Women Artists' Association. Later, she became one of the first members of the Austrian Association of Women Artists.