Drawing created by a Jewish artist who perished in a concentration camp
Extent and Medium
overall: Height: 23.125 inches (58.738 cm) | Width: 27.375 inches (69.533 cm)
Creator(s)
- Ella Iranyi (Subject)
- Dora Amann (Subject)
- Ella Iranyi (Artist)
Biographical History
Ella Iranyi was born on April 5, 1888, in Vienna, Austria. She trained as an artist at the Viennese Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen, one of the first art schools for women. She became a member of the Wiener Werkstatte. She had a successful career as an illustrator and graphic artist. In March 1938, Nazi Germany annexed Austria. Policies to persecute the Jewish popuaiton were soon in place. Iranyi was Jewish and was deported from Vienna, Austria, to Izbica, Poland, ca. 1939, where she perished, age 54, on April 9, 1942.
Archival History
The drawing was donated to the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum in 1990 by Dora Amann, sister of Ella Iranyi.
Acquisition
United States Holocaust Memorial Museum Collection, Gift of Dora Amann
Funding Note: The cataloging of this artifact has been supported by a grant from the Conference on Jewish Material Claims Against Germany.
Scope and Content
Allegorical drawing created by Ella Iranyi, an artist in Vienna, Austria, before the war. It depicts a group of villagers caught in the coils of serpents with dragon heads. Austria was annexed by Nazi Germany in March 1938. Laws to persecute the Jewish population were soon enacted. In 1939, Iranyi was deported to Izbica, Poland, where she perished in April 1942. Her artworks were hidden during the war, but later recovered.
Conditions Governing Access
No restrictions on access
Conditions Governing Reproduction
No restrictions on use
Physical Characteristics and Technical Requirements
Charcoal drawing on paper depicting a group of men and women caught in the coils of 4 giant serpents with dragonlike heads with horns and claws. There is an illegible inscription in the top right corner.
People
- Iranyi, Ella, 1988-1942.
Subjects
- Deportees--Austria--Vienna--Biography.
- Jews--Persecution--Austria--Vienna--Biography.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945), in art.
- Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945)--Austria--Vienna--Personal narratives.
- Jewish women artists--Austria--Vienna--Biography.
Genre
- Object
- Art