Margaret Stonborough-Wittgenstein | |
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_%C2%A9_Ferdinand_Schmutzer_(1870%E2%80%931928)_OeNB_5105247_(restauration).jpg) Photo by Ferdinand Schmutzer, 1903 | |
| Born | Margaret Wittgenstein 19 September 1882 |
| Died | 27 September 1958 (aged 76) |
| Nationality | Austrian |
| Known for | Subject of a Klimt portrait painting, sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul Wittgenstein |
| Spouse |
Jerome Stonborough
(m. 1905; div. 1938) |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents |
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Margaret "Gretl" Stonborough-Wittgenstein (19 September 1882 – 27 September 1958) of the prominent and wealthy Viennese Wittgenstein family, was a sister of the philosopher Ludwig Wittgenstein and the pianist Paul Wittgenstein.[1] She was the subject of a famous 1905 portrait painted for her wedding by the artist Gustav Klimt (Stonborough-Wittgenstein and other members of the Wittgenstein family were among Klimt's most important patrons), which was sold in 1960 by her son Thomas and may now be seen in the Alte Pinakothek gallery in Munich.[2]
- ^ Bartley, William Warren. Wittgenstein. Open Court, 1994, p. 34ff, first published 1973.
- ^ Edmonds, David; Eidinow, John (2002). Wittgenstein's Poker: The Story of A Ten Minute Argument Between Two Great Philosophers. New York, NY: Ecco / Harper Collins Publishers. p. 83. ISBN 978-0-06-093664-8.