The Austrian Association of Women Artists (German: Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs; VBKÖ)[1] was founded in 1910.
Broadly, the mission of VBKÖ was to make more female artists visible, though in order to achieve this, other economic, educational and health concerns required betterment as well.
A program of exhibitions began from VBKÖ's inception, and these shows laid the foundations for future feminist discourse.
The fundamental idea of this exhibition is: to give the public an overview about what women have been and are able to create in the fine arts, and to give new motivations to the artists".Käthe Kollwitz, Tina Blau, Marie Egner, Helene Funke and Olga Wisinger-Florian were all connected to the VBKÖ, some as active members, while others were invited to exhibit.
The inventory list of the archive (compiled by Sabine Harik, PhD) was released in 2006, expanded by the Findbuch zur Vereinigung bildender Künstlerinnen Österreichs (Ed.