Adalbert Pilch
Adalbert Pilch (born February 16, 1917 in Vienna , Austria-Hungary , † December 10, 2004 in Tulln ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist.
Life
After completing secondary school in 1937, Pilch studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in the master school for painting under Wilhelm Dachauer , with whom he remained closely connected until his death. From 1940 to 1945 he was drafted and first came to Russia, then he was sent to Lapland , Italy , Greece and Yugoslavia as a war painter for the Army Museums. Pilch married in 1942.
After the end of the war in 1945, Pilch began to illustrate magazines and shortly thereafter was asked to collaborate on school books and murals. He created more than 4,000 illustrations for children's, youth and school books. In addition, he worked on behalf of the Lower Austrian State Museum on the artistic inventory of old farms , hammers , mills and saws . He portrayed former federal presidents, federal presidents as well as national council presidents, transport ministers and general postal directors. He created 200 drawings for the Army History Museum .
From 1950 he was a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus . The public became aware of him there in 1953 at a special exhibition with around 50 works.
In 1968 Pilch moved to Mauerbach near Vienna. In 1970 he was awarded the title of professor . He presented his work to the public in numerous exhibitions until 2000. Pilch spent the last year in the Theresiaheim retirement home in Tulln.
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The work of Adalbert Pilch includes paintings, drawings and illustrations. Pilch became famous for designing many postage stamps .
In 1956 he was commissioned to design and design Austrian postage stamps for the first time. The set of special stamps for the 1964 Universal Postal Congress in Vienna shows stagecoaches and vehicles on paintings from different eras and artists:
His hunting series (1959), the Europa stamp (1960), the series “Olympia 1963” and “UPU 1964” as well as the special stamp “The Art of the Danube School” (1965) found worldwide recognition. In the course of his life, Pilch designed a total of 318 stamps for Austrian Post, 30 for the Principality of Liechtenstein and 1 stamp for Israel . His “Art of the Danube School”, created in 1965, was voted the “most beautiful postage stamp in the world”.
Awards
- Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art
- Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Vienna
- Silver Medal of Honor of the State of Vienna
- Gold medal for services to the federal state of Lower Austria
literature
- Ulla Heise: Pilch, Adalbert . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 95, de Gruyter, Berlin 2017, ISBN 978-3-11-023261-5 , p. 485 f.
Web links
- Literature by and about Adalbert Pilch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage for Prof. Adalbert Pilch - Web design: Gerd Lehmayer
- Entry on Adalbert Pilch in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Pilch, Adalbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 16, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | December 10, 2004 |
| Place of death | Tulln |