Collection: Art prints by Bertha von Tarnóczy

Bertha von Tarnóczy was an Austrian painter and art teacher whose work included landscape painting, still lifes and portraits. Her talent for drawing was noticed early on, and after several trips she took lessons in copying works of art from Anton Hansch in Salzburg. In 1877 she moved to Munich, where she took private lessons and studied at the female department of the School of Arts and Crafts under Jeanna Bauck and Theodor Her. Bertha von Tarnóczy was both a founding member and a driving force behind the founding of the Munich Association of Women Artists. In Vienna, she studied under Emil Jakob Schindler and met Olga Wisinger-Florian there. She undertook study trips to Italy and Holland and exhibited her works in various European cities, including the Salzburger Kunstverein. Of noble descent, Bertha von Tarnóczy mainly taught pupils from aristocratic families and in 1898 took over the management of the painting school in Linz, which had previously been founded by Michaela Pfaffinger. She ran the school until 1919. Bertha von Tarnóczy was one of the best-known art teachers of her time. Her students included prominent artists such as Else Martys and Vilma Eckl. In 1901, together with Eugenie Breithut-Munk, Marianne von Eschenburg, Marie Egner, Susanne Granitsch, Marie Müller, Teresa Feodorowna Ries and Olga Wisinger-Florian, she founded the "Group of Eight Women Artists" in Vienna. This group exhibited regularly at the Kunstsalon Pisko in Vienna and also invited other women artists to their exhibitions. Bertha von Tarnóczy-Sprinzenberg was a member of the Association of Women Writers and Artists in Vienna and the Association of Austrian Women Artists.