Ernst Insam
Ernst Insam (born June 6, 1927 in Kitzbühel , † July 19, 2014 in Jochberg ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .
life and work
Ernst Insam went to Vienna in 1952 to study with Sergius Pauser at the Academy of Fine Arts and with Professors Schwarz and Herbert at the Academy of Applied Arts. Until about 1965 the artist was mainly active as a commercial artist. Insam initially designed posters for the Austrian Tobacco Directorate, banking and biochemistry, but also for international corporations such as Shell, Volvo, Philips and Sandoz.
In the mid-1960s, Insam turned back to painting. In doing so, he dealt with the problem of color with extraordinary vehemence, and in doing so came to results that identify him as an artist of particular independence. Insam has placed a strong emphasis on contemporary painting in Austria. Exhibitions to be highlighted: 1967 in the Vienna Secession, 1968 in the gallery on the Stubenbastei and in the exhibition rooms of the Citroen company in Vienna, 1969 in the Kurhaus in Kitzbühel and 1970 in the Stadtgalerie in Eisenstadt.
Insam's works include different art movements, ranging from tachism to naturalism , from sectional images to three-dimensional room design, with watercolor playing a particularly important role for him. Tirol often shapes its images as a winter sports country.
In the works of the seventies, Insam's works show a greater linearity, but also adopt an aggressive contrast of Pop Art. Insam's painting is also based on the nature of its spontaneous creation.
His connection to his hometown Kitzbühel was documented in 2004 with his participation in The Art of Tolerance , where he designed a Kitzbühel bear on the occasion of the United Buddy Bears exhibition , which accompanied the world tour in the following years and which was later auctioned for the benefit of UNICEF .
Recognitions
- 1956: 1st prize for poster: Shell with ICA
- 1958: 1st international prize: Touring via Shell - England
- 1963: 1st prize (international) for world savings bank symbol
- 1965: Prize for Best Poster of the Year (City of Vienna Culture Office)
- 1968: 3rd Graphic Biennial Bolzano
- 1970: Austrian graphic competition, prize of the federal state of Burgenland
- 1972: Austrian graphics competition
- 1974: Austrian graphics - Bozen, Bregenz, Zagreb
- 1976: 1st prize equipment and design of the funeral chapel in St. Johann in Tirol
- 1977: 1st prize in the poster competition Weinland Burgenland
- 1977: 1st prize in the competition for signet of the regional cultural center Linz
- 1978: 1st prize in the poster competition of the Tyrolean tourism advertising
- 1980: 3rd prize at the Berlin International Tourism Exchange for Tyrol poster
- 1991: professional title professor .
Web links
- Literature by and about Ernst Insam in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage Ernst Insam
Individual evidence
- ^ Excerpts from the biography of Ernst Insam
- ↑ Kitzbühel: Insam Ernst
- ^ Eva Gründel and Heinz Tomek: Kitzbühel - Pictures by Ernst Insam, Edition Sanduhr, 1020 Vienna, 1992
- ^ Eva and Klaus Herlitz : United Buddy Bears - The Art of Tolerance , bilingual: German / English, December 2009, ISBN 978-3-00-029417-4 , pp. 46–49, p. 367
- ↑ picture index of art and architecture
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | All in all, Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 6, 1927 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Kitzbühel |
| DATE OF DEATH | 19th July 2014 |
| Place of death | Jochberg (Tyrol) |