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 The grave of Alma Mahler at the Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (29 Aug 2002) |
 The grave of Alma Mahler at the Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (29 Aug 2002) |
Mahler, Alma |
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BORN 31 Aug 1879, Wien - DIED 11 Dec 1964, New York City REAL NAME Schindler, Alma GRAVE LOCATION Wien: Grinzinger Friedhof, 19., An den langen Lüssen 33 (6-6-7) |
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Daughter of landscape painter Emil Jacob Schindler. Ze was educated
by Alexander von Zemlinsky (who wanted to marry her) and she
was a friend of Gustav Klimt who wanted to have her 'alone'
in his studio. But after Alma's mother had discovered that Klimt
had actually kissed her the affair was put to an end. In 1902 she married Gustav Mahler and he forced her to give up composing. They had two daughter, Maria and Anna. Maria died in 1907. Around 1910 the marriage was falling apart. When Mahler found out that she had an affair with Walter Gropius he visited Freud in Leiden for relation therapy. However, the marriage was doomed and Mahler died in 1912. Alma now started an affair with the painter Kokoschka, who portrayed her at his painting "Die Windsbraut" ("The Bride of the Wind") in 1914. In 1915 she married Gropius after all. they had a daughter, Manon, but they separated after she had a son by Franz Werfel in 1918. The child was born two months early after a wild night of passion and because it was sickly Alma concluded that Werfel had to be the father. The child died after ten months. In 1921 Alban Berg dedicated his opera "Wozzeck" to Alma. She married Werfel in 1929. In 1932 she had an affair with theology professor Johannes Hollnsteiner. In 1934 Manon suddenly became violently ill and she was paralyzed within a day. It turned out that she had polio and she died suddenly in 1935. At the end of the 1930's they fled Germany for the nazi's and went to the USA. In 1958 her autobiography was published. Family • Father: Schindler, Emil Jakob • Husband: Mahler, Gustav • Husband: Werfel, Franz Related persons • was a friend of Klimt, Gustav • was the lover of Kokoschka, Oskar • was a friend of Schönberg, Arnold • was pupil to Zemlinsky, Alexander von Sources • NRC Handelsblad, Dagbladunie, Rotterdam • Kulturregister 19. Jh, Gustav Mahler - Amerika |
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The grave of Alma Mahler at the Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (29 Aug 2002) |
The grave of Alma Mahler at the Grinzinger Friedhof, Vienna. Picture by Androom (29 Aug 2002) |
