Marisa Schmitt-Viassone
Curriculum Vitae
Italy (1938 - 1964)
1938 – born in July in Turin
1946 – move to Trento
1950 – move to Florence
1955 – Rifredi (Florence) – learning the miniature painting technique with Lionello Lascialfari
1955 – Placement of advertisements in „Antiques Magazine
1956 – First miniature commissions from overseas
1957 – graduates from the Liceo Artistico/Instituto del Arte
1957 – 1961 – studies art and architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts in Florence (Accademia dei belli Arte)
1961 – 1963 – Self-employed miniature painter
1963 – Three-month trip to the East Coast of the USA as „court painter“ for Manuel Bustillo
Discontinuation of self-employment as miniature painter due to severe eye problems
1964 – planning a two-year stay in Germany to learn a second foreign language in order to apply for a job as a stewardess
Germany (1964 - 2024)
1964 – Arrival in Mainz, employment at the Schott company (Jaener Glas) as a packer
1966 – Employment and recognition as technical draughtswoman at Schott
1967 – Marriage to master gardener Karlo Schmitt (in Pesaro/Italy)
1977 – Employment as draughtswoman in the Roman-Germanic Museum in Mainz
1986 – Inability to work and early retirement due to serious eye problems
1989 – Discovery of two of her first miniatures in Colombia/Bogotá
1993/1994 – Donation of a Bolivar miniature to the museum on the occasion of the recognition of her copies in the museum’s new miniature catalogue
2000 – further discovery of six of her miniatures in Providence/USA
2002 – another two miniatures are identified as copies in Caracas/Venezuela and one in New York in a private collection
2022 – her story is published as a novel
2024 – Marisa Schmitt-Viassone deceased in Mainz-Drais/Germany
