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Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky

1906–1996

Old Woman, Amersham 1942
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Biography

Marie-Louise von Motesiczky (24 October 1906 – 10 June 1996) was an Austrian-born British painter. She lived in Britain from 1939 onwards, and became a naturalised subject in 1948.

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View from the Window, Vienna

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1925
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

Still Life with Sheep

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1938
On display at Tate Modern part of In the Studio

From Night into Day

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1975

Portrait of a Russian Student

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1927
On display at Tate Britain part of Historic and Modern British Art

People on a Train

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
Late 1920s

Model, Vienna

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1930

Old Woman, Amersham

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1942

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In the Archive: Studio Lives

Elizabeth Macneal

Sketches, letters, etc.

Letter with Christmas wishes from Pauly Baldass, Vienna

Paula ‘Pauly’ Baldass, recipient: Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
25 December 1952
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Photograph of Marie-Louise von Motesiczky standing in a field with a tractor in the background

Unknown Photographer
[c.1980s–1996]
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Sketchbook 92

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
1920s–1990s
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Sketch titled ‘Man with spectacles and pointed hat’

Marie-Louise Von Motesiczky
date not known
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