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Tanna Kasimir (1887-1972) Pencil signed Etching of St. Charles Church (Karlskirche) in Vienna. Professionally framed and matted. In frame measures 17"x22"x1". Weight 4 lbs 6 oz.Painter, etcher, and graphic designer Johanna (Tanna) Kasimir-Hoernes was born Joanna Hoernes on January 31, 1887, in Graz, Austria. Her mother was poet and writer Jenny Hoerne (née von Reuss) and her father was geologist Rudolf Hoernes. Her formal art training began in 1905 at the School for Women and Girls with Ludwig Michalek, followed by the Vienna Academy of Art beginning in 1909 with Wilhelm Unger. It was at the Academy that she met her future husband, artist Luigi Kasimir, and participated in her first exhibition in 1910. Her second exhibition took place the same year with the Association of Fine Arts of Styria, winning a silver medal for her etching "Bridge Workers". She and Luigi married in 1911, and began working collaboratively to develop an innovative, painterly color etching technique that contributed to the Etching Revival of the late 19th and early 20th century. Tanna and Luigi lived in Vienna for the entirety of their lives, and had a son, Robert, who himself became a noted artist. Tanna died in Vienna on June 16, 1972.