Erma Bossi
{{Short description|German expressionist painter (1875–1952)}}
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| image = Portrait of Erma Bossi by Carlo Wostry.jpg
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| birth_name = Erma Barrera-Bossi
| birth_date = {{birth date|1875|6|9|df=y}}
| birth_place = Pula, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia)
| death_date = {{death date and age|1952|4|14|1875|6|9|df=y}}
| death_place = Milan, Italy
| nationality = Italian
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| field = Painting
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| movement = German Expressionism
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Erma Bossi (1875–1952) was an Italian painter in the German Expressionist style.{{cite web |title=Erma Barrera-Bossi |url=https://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Erma_BarreraBossi/11014237/Erma_BarreraBossi.aspx |website=AskArt |accessdate=8 August 2020 |archive-date=31 October 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151031005556/http://www.askart.com/artist_bio/Erma_BarreraBossi/11014237/Erma_BarreraBossi.aspx |url-status=live }}
Biography
Bossi was born in 1875 in Pula.{{cite web |title=Barrera-Bossi, Erma {{!}} Biography |url=https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Erma-Barrera-Bossi/4BE7AE36AF133435/Biography |website=MutualArt |accessdate=8 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704061326/https://www.mutualart.com/Artist/Erma-Barrera-Bossi/4BE7AE36AF133435/Biography |url-status=live }} She studied art in Munich and was associated with Gabriele Münter and Wassily Kandinsky.{{cite web |title=Barrera-Bossi, Erma |url=https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/abstract/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00012377 |website=Benezit Dictionary of Artists |year=2011 |doi=10.1093/benz/9780199773787.article.B00012377 |isbn=978-0-19-977378-7 |accessdate=8 August 2020 |language=en |archive-date=4 July 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210704061328/https://www.oxfordartonline.com/benezit/abstract/10.1093/benz/9780199773787.001.0001/acref-9780199773787-e-00012377 |url-status=live }} She was a member of the Neue Künstlervereinigung München (Munich New Association of Artists).{{cite web |title=Erma Bossi Biography |url=http://www.erma-bossi.com/ |website=Art Directory GmbH |accessdate=8 August 2020 |archive-date=14 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200214213124/http://www.erma-bossi.com/ |url-status=live }}
She died in 1952 in Milan, Italy.{{cite web |title=Erma Bossi |url=http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/erma-bossi/ |website=Enciclopedia Delle Donne |accessdate=8 August 2020 |language=it |archive-date=18 August 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200818111656/http://www.enciclopediadelledonne.it/biografie/erma-bossi/ |url-status=live }} Her work is in the collection of the Pinakothek der Moderne, the Kunsthalle Bremen, and the Kunsthalle Emden. In 2013 the Schlossmuseum Murnau held a retrospective of her work.{{cite web |title=Erma Bossi - Biografie und Angebote - Kauf und Verkauf |url=https://www.kettererkunst.de/bio/erma-bossi-1882.php |website=Ketterer Kunst |accessdate=8 August 2020 |archive-date=15 June 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170615123553/http://kettererkunst.de/bio/erma-bossi-1882.php |url-status=live }}
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