About Rosa Schweninger
Lived 1849 – 1918 (aged 68–69). Rosa Schweninger was an Austrian painter.
Rosa Schweninger (1849–1918) was an Austrian painter. She was a member of a Viennese family of artists, which included her father, , and her brother, Carl Schweninger the Younger.
She studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna with Frederick Sturm from 1869 to 1871. Her work includes portraits and florals.
Schweninger exhibited her work in the rotunda of The Woman's Building at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.
The Zwei Lieder, op. 20, by Viennese composer are dedicated to her. Schweninger's portrait of von Brukenthal is held by the Brukenthal National Museum in Sibiu, Romania.
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Who was Rosa Schweninger?
Austrian painter (1849-1918)
When was Rosa Schweninger born?
Rosa Schweninger was born on 11 February 1849 in Vienna.
When did Rosa Schweninger die?
Rosa Schweninger died in 1918 in Vienna.
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Rosa Schweninger was a painter.
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Rosa Schweninger was Austrian.
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