Karl Mediz

Portrait of Daughter Gertrude

in a Trance,

1911, pencil, chalk, and watercolor

 

Karl Mediz (Vienna 1868-1945 Dresden)


Portrait of the Artist's Daughter Gertrude Mediz in a Trance

1911


pencil, chalk, and watercolor on stiff paper or cardstock

43 x 36 cm

lower right signed: "Karl Mediz"

lower right inscribed and dated: "Dresden 1911."

in upper right and lower left in pencil inscribed "3"


The Daulton Collection



Publication History:


Jan Erbelding, Gertrude (Munich: Hammann von Mier Verlag, 1921), back cover illustration.



Gertrude Honzatko-Mediz (1893-1975) was the daughter of Karl Mediz and his wife Emilie Mediz-Pelikan.  A mystical painter in her own right, Gertrude (also known as Gertrud or Trude) was born in Krems, Austria; she died in Zurich, Switzerland.

 

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