Cooper Hewitt says...
Like many talented women of the early twentieth century who were barred from the Academy based on gender, Brunner studied at the Art School for Women and Girls in Vienna (Kunstschule für Frauen und Mädchen). In 1908, at age twenty-three, she participated in the famous 1908 Vienna Kunstschau organized by Gustav Klimt, exhibiting a woodcut, Stadtturm (Tower), and a wooden toy set (figures and a house). In 1909, when Egon Schiele and his circle left the Academy, he staged an independent exhibition inaugurating his new circle called the Neukunstgruppe (New Art Group). Schiele invited eleven women to show in the exhibition, including Brunner, who exhibited eight drawings. She became a member of the Wiener Werkstätte, specializing in fabric design, lace and tulle embroidery, as well as toys. Brunner exhibited at the Vienna Modeausstellung (Fashion Exhibition) of 1915 and the Kunstschau of 1920. In addition to her work in fashion design, Brunner designed book covers, for two publishers, Wiener Literarische Anstalt (WILA) and Staatsdruckerei.
Literature: Museum Belvedere, Gustav Klimt und die Kunstschau 1908 (Vienna, 2009), pp. 340, 372.
