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    Artist

  • Schindler-Dorn, M.

    • Title

  • Portrait of Johanna Ksinski

  • Physical Description

    1 painting : Pastel on paper ; 50 1/4 x 35 5/8" , 125.5 x 90.5 cm

  • Date

    1924

  • Summary

    The portrait depicts a statuesque, middle-aged woman in a jade-green dress with a mink stole draped around her shoulder. She wears two gold rings and a gold and diamond necklace with matching bracelet. She sits in a decorative chair against a teal background.

  • Depicted

    Ksinski, Johanna

  • Subject

    Women, Portraits

  • Genre

    Portraits

  • Medium

    Paintings; Pastels

  • Accession Number

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Biographical/Historical Information

Mrs. Johanna Ksinski (née Sprai) was born in Germany, November 9, 1883 and died on May 9, 1983. She was married to Gustav Ksinski who was involved in establishing and building the Friedens Tempel on Prinzregentenstrasse, whose rabbi was Joachim Prinz. Mrs. Ksinski was a well-known philanthropist who was very active in the Jewish community. She was able to escape from Berlin to London in 1938 together with her husband, daughter, son, and granddaughter and later settled in New York in 1947.

Schindler-Dorn was a well-known portrait and court painter who painted the portrait of the Imperial family.

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Citation

Schindler-Dorn, M.: Portrait of Johanna Ksinski, Leo Baeck Institute, 2003.6.