- Hilla von Rebay
Hildegard Anna Augusta Elizabeth Freiinref|freiin Rebay von Ehrenwiesen, Baroness Hilla von Rebay, or simply Hilla Rebay (
31 May 1890 ,Strasbourg ,Alsace -27 September 1967 , Greens Farms, Connecticut), was one of the few female abstract painters in the beginning of the 20th century.She came from a German noble family. She lived in
Berlin for a while, before moving to theUnited States in 1927.She was also an avid art collector, and a long-time friend and confidante of
Solomon R. Guggenheim , and helped him buy various artworks to establish theSolomon R. Guggenheim Museum inNew York City . She was also the one who chosearchitect Frank Lloyd Wright to design the museum.Apart from her meticulous taste in
modern art , and painting many pieces herself, she was rumoured to be difficult and bossy. She had a good rapport with Solomon Guggenheim, but not with the rest of the family, especially his niece Peggy. She was internally called "the B", (not for "baroness"), and when Guggenheim died, the family expelled her from the board of directors.When the museum was finally opened, she was not even invited for the opening. She never set foot in the museum she essentially helped create. Embittered, she retreated from public life and spend many years at her estate in
Westport, Connecticut , where she continued to meet many artists, includingKandinsky , andChagall . She died in 1967.In 2005, nearly forty years after her death, the Guggenheim Museum honored von Rebay, featuring a special exhibition on her role in the foundation, as well as her artworks. Part of her exhibit demonstrates her amazingly intricate collages of people, as well as modern art images that she put together very carefully. The exhibit is scheduled to travel through
Europe . "The Hilla von Rebay Foundation" at the Guggenheim Museum offersstipend s to summer interns who are currently enrolled graduate students.Notes
# German title Freiin
ee also
External links
* [http://www.guggenheim.org/exhibitions/hilla_rebay/biographies_1.html Guggenheim Museum | Hilla von Rebay]
* [http://www.aaa.si.edu/oralhist/rebay66.htm Smithsonian Archives | Interview with Hilla von Rebay]
* [http://www.orf.at/050527-87416/index.html?url=http%3A//www.orf.at/050527-87416/87417txt_story.html ORF | Hilla von Rebay] (in German)
Wikimedia Foundation. 2010.