The Travelers
Marie-Louise von Motesiczky
1940
Image
![The Travelers Painting of four people in a boat at sea featuring a nude woman in center and a woman holding a mirror and looking at her reflection on the left.](/sites/default/files/styles/prose_image_x2/public/images/vol09/Posen9_viscult014.jpg?itok=tEjuQiD_)
In The Travelers, one of a series of “Mother Paintings,” Marie-Louise Motesiczky depicts herself and her mother, Henrietta (the white-haired woman at right), escaping from Nazi-occupied Austria. Motesiczky was also known for her many self-portraits. Here she is represented by the naked woman in the center and/or the woman gazing at herself in the mirror. The style of the painting shows the influence of Motesiczky’s teacher, Max Beckmann.
Credits
University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. © Marie-Louise von Motesiczky Charitable Trust 2018.
Published in: The Posen Library of Jewish Culture and Civilization, vol. 9.