Blog, Research and Archive of the Renner-Lanjus Collection

The Renner-Lanjus Collection is constantly evolving. Here, you’ll be able to follow along as we work through our archives, explore artworks and make discoveries. The blog is meant as a window into our ongoing research and if you have any information to contribute with, we would be grateful if you would contact us!

Maria Bach

Maria Bach (1896–1978) was a composer, poet and visual artist of remarkable range. Through her work she translated memories and impressions into sound and image – her childhood in castles on the outskirts of Vienna, life during wartime, and journeys abroad both real and imagined. Yet despite early promise, Bach spent much of her life fighting to be taken seriously. This post explores her story through documents, letters and photographs held in the Renner-Lanjus Collection arc

Apr 17

Robert Bach

Robert Bonaventura Michael Wenzel Freiherr von Bach (1864-1927) was born on the 20th of March 1864 and was baptised in the St. Stephen’s Cathedral on the 2nd of April. We know very little about his mother Maria Theresia Kolisko (1837-1922). Her father worked as a lawyer in the imperial court of Vienna which is how she might have met Robert's father Dr. Heinrich Joseph Freiherrn von Bach (1835-1915) who came from a renowned family of lawyers who had worked at the imperial cour

Apr 30, 2025

Lenore Bach

Explore the life and career of one of our founders, Baroness Lenore Bach.

Feb 20, 2025