Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass
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| Born | 7 September 1897 Perosa Argentina, Turin, Italy |
| Died | 11 September 1948 (aged 51) Basel, Switzerland |
| Nationality | Swiss |
| Other names | Maria Cecilia von Salis-Bass |
| Known for | Painting, |
| Spouse | Ado von Salis |
Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass (1897–1948) was an Italian-born Swiss artist.[1]
Biography
[edit]Bass was born on 7 September 1897 in the Perosa Argentina region of Turin, Italy.[2] She attended the Ecole des Beaux-Arts in Geneva and the Académie Ranson in Paris. In 1927 she married Ado von Salis, who she later divorced. Through the 1920s and 1930s Bass traveled throughout Europe. She settled in Switzerland in 1936, first to take care of her mother and then to become involved in the design of the Engadin Schweizerische Schulwandbildwerk, and founding the Celerina division of the Bündner Heimatwerk.[3] Bass died of cancer on 11 September 1948 in Basel, Switzerland.[4][2] Her work is in the Kunstmuseum Bern, the Bündner Kunstmuseum, and the Bundesamt für Kultur.[3]
Gallery
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Mittagsstunde auf der Alp 1947 -
Kerze mit Becher -
Schnee 1936
References
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- ^ "Maria Bass". RKD (in Dutch). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ a b "Bass, Maria (Swiss painter and graphic artist, 1897-1948)". ULAN Full Record Display (Getty Research). Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ a b Stutzer, Beat. "Bass, Maria Cecilia Adelaide". - SIKART Lexikon zur Kunst in der Schweiz. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
- ^ "Maria Cecilia Adelaide Bass Basel, Tamins". Portrait Archiv ZGF. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
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