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Tina Blau

1845 – 1916

Austrian artist

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About Tina Blau

Lived 1845 – 1916 (aged 70). Tina Blau was an Austrian painter.

Tina Blau, later Tina Blau-Lang (15 November 1845 – 31 October 1916) was an Austrian landscape painter.

Life Blau's father was a doctor in the and was very supportive of her desire to become a painter. and married Heinrich Lang, a painter who specialized in horses and battle scenes. They moved to Munich where, from 1889, she taught landscape and still life painting at the Women's Academy of the (Munich Women Artists' Association). In 1890, her first major exhibition was held there. Blau exhibited her work at the Palace of Fine Arts at the 1893 World's Columbian Exposition in Chicago, Illinois.

After her husband's death, she spent ten years travelling in Holland and Italy. After her return, she established a studio in the Rotunde. In 1897, together with , Rosa Mayreder and , she helped found the "", an art school for women, where she taught until 1915. One of her students was Slovenian painter, teacher and printmaker Avgusta Šantel (1876–1968).

She spent her last summer working in Bad Gastein, then went to a sanatorium in Vienna for a medical examination. She died there of cardiac arrest. The Vienna Künstlerhaus auctioned off her estate and held a major retrospective in 1917.

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Münchner Künstlerinnenverein
Also known as
blau tina, Tina Lang, tina blau, Tina Regina Leopoldine Blau-Lang, Tina Blau-Lang, t. blau

Family & relationships

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https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Heinrich_Lang_(painter)

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Frequently asked questions

Who was Tina Blau?

Austrian artist (1845-1916)

When was Tina Blau born?

Tina Blau was born on 15 November 1845 in Vienna.

When did Tina Blau die?

Tina Blau died on 31 October 1916 in Vienna.

What was Tina Blau's occupation?

Tina Blau was a painter.

What nationality was Tina Blau?

Tina Blau was Austrian.

Sources & further reading

· Wikipedia: Tina Blau

· Wikidata: Q547655

· DBpedia: Tina Blau

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