Bildnis Renette Grossmann

c. 1918

not on display
Giovanni Giacometti1868 Stampa – 1933 Glion
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Renette Grossmann received painting lessons from Giacometti. In 1917 he painted portraits of her mother Elisabeth Grossmann-Jacob and her younger sister Helen, married Burckhardt (Paul Müller/Viola Radlach: Giovanni Giacometti. Catalogue of Paintings (Zurich 1997), no. 1917.10-12). Renette remained unmarried and chose suicide in 1929. The painting is a legacy from her brother Karl.
Also known as
Portrait of Renette Grossmann
Medium
Oil on canvas
Dimensions
image: 63 x 51.5 cm
Inventory number
1987/0025
Credit line
Kunsthaus Zürich, Bequest of Dr. Karl Grossmann, 1987