Florence H. Austrian
Emmanuel Church (City Scene)
c. 1935
Scroll
Florence H. Austrian
Emmanuel Church (City Scene)
c. 1935
Physical Qualities
Oil on artist's paperboard, Unframed: 17 9/16 x 14 5/16 in. (44.6 x 36.4 cm) Framed: 23 5/16 x 19 15/16 x 1 7/8 in. (59.2 x 50.6 x 4.8 cm)
Credit Line
The Cone Collection, formed by Dr. Claribel Cone and Miss Etta Cone of Baltimore, Maryland
Object Number
1950.310
A Baltimore native, Florence Austrian attended Goucher College prior to studying at the Maryland Institute, College of Art with Leon Kroll and John Sloan (a member of the group of New York artists known as The Eight). Austrian was very active in civic affairs and was known locally as the person responsible for the renewal of the Eutaw Place neighborhood where she grew up and lived her whole life.
The painting is of Emmanuel Church, located at the corner of Cathedral and Read Streets in the historic Mount Vernon neighborhood of Baltimore, not far from Austrian's Bolton Hill home.
The Baltimore Museum of Art by bequest, 1949; Etta Cone, Baltimore
Mary Jacque Benner, Loyola College Art Gallery, Baltimore, "Emmart Revisited: A Celebration of A.D. Emmart's Spirit," mid-October, 1995 - mid-November 1995.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," circulated to Government House, Annapolis, September 5, 1996 - January 6, 1997, no. 1.
Sona Johnston and Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Maryland Artists from the Collection, 1890-1970," April 24, 2002 - October 27, 2002.
Sona Johnston, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," circulated to Government House, Annapolis, September 5, 1996 - January 6, 1997, no. 1.
Sona Johnston and Katy Rothkopf, The Baltimore Museum of Art, "Maryland Artists from the Collection, 1890-1970," April 24, 2002 - October 27, 2002.
Sona Johnston, "Sisters' Passion for the Arts: A Glimpse of the Cone Collection," Baltimore: Maryland Department of Business and Economic Development, 1996, no. 1.
Douglas L. Frost, "MICA: Making History/Making Art," Baltimore: Maryland Institute College of Art, 2010, p. 136, ill.
Inscribed: Recto: Lower left in red paint, "F.H. AUSTRiAN" Verso: Center in graphite, "7006"
