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 Jack Daulton Collection
Publication History:
Jan Erbelding, Gertrude (Munich: Hammann von Mier Verlag, 1921), back cover illustration.
Elmar R. Gruber, "Guidata dallo spirito della madre: l'arte medianica di Gertrude Honzatko-Mediz," Osservatorio Outsider Art, 30, 2025, 54-97, ill. at pg. 70.
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.
