Hospital (Krankenhaus)

Hospital features a complex composition of children, nurses, patients, and a figure of authority who resembles a police officer. At the right Maria Lassnig included a small self-portrait in which her nose, philtrum, and lips are recognizable from her later self-portraits.

Lassnig used the term Körpergefühl (body sensation) to describe her process, emphasizing that her paintings depict sensations that she worked just as hard to feel as she did to paint. “For me,” the artist wrote, “it was not only about the outer image of humans, but their inner sensations.”

This is one of thirty-five works that comprise the Winterbotham Collection. Click here to learn more about the collection.