Background
Stella Kramrisch was born on May 29, 1896 in Nikolsburg, now Mikulov, in Austria.
Stella Kramrisch was born on May 29, 1896 in Nikolsburg, now Mikulov, in Austria.
University of Vienna.
She was a professor at the University of Pennsylvania in the Department of South Asia Regional Studies, where she had been recruited by West. Norman Brown, in addition to being a curator at the She was trained as a ballet dancer growing up in Austria. One day she came across a translation of the Bhagavadgita: "I was so impressed it took my breath away." She had found what she wanted to do in her life. She enrolled at the University of Vienna, studying Indian art, Sanskrit, anthropology and Indian philosophy, and earned her doctorate in 1919.
That year she traveled to London in 1919 with a university delegation to give three lectures at Oxford.
Rabindranath Tagore heard her speak and invited her to come to India and teach at the Visva-Bharati University in Santiniketan in 1922. She was appointed professor of Indian art at the University of Calcutta in 1924, where she taught until 1950.
Since they lived in different cities (Calcutta and Delhi), they saw little of each other. After the British left India in 1947, Nemenyi opted to work for the new government of Pakistan and moved to Karachi.
In 1950 he was found shot dead on a beach, dressed in evening clothes.
After this, she moved permanently to the United States. Stella Kramrisch was the Professor of South Asian Art at the University of Pennsylvania for a long period of time. She was also the curator of Indian art at the from 1954 until 1972, and was a Curator Emeritus until her death.
She was a friend of the ballerina, designer, actress, and collector Natacha Rambova.
Barbara Stoler Miller and Wayne East. Begley were among her students. Professor Kramrisch was succeeded by Michael West. Meister, who is currently the West. Norman Brown Professor of South Asia Studies and History of Art at the University of Pennsylvania.
Kramrisch died on September 2, 1993 at her home in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. At the time of her death, Kramrisch left a bequest of 25 works to the In addition, Kramrisch"s curatorial position was officially re-titled as the Stella Kramrisch Curator at the, a position which still exists today.