Alberto Susat

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Alberto Susat (born April 20, 1898 in Riva on Lake Garda , South Tyrol ; † May 28, 1977 in Salzburg ) was an Italian painter and restorer .

life and work

Susat came from an old Austrian family of Italian nationality from Riva on Lake Garda. His father was an Austrian court official. He attended school in his hometown and from 1914 studied in Rovereto at the teacher training seminar .

After Italy entered , he served in the II. Tyrolean Kaiserjäger Regiment from 1915 to 1918 and was a railway official in Trento after the war .

In September 1924 he moved to Salzburg , where he found his second home. He first worked as a painter, but through studying old masters and their work techniques he came to the profession of restorer . Numerous study trips to research this specialty raised the rank of restorer, who from 1930 onwards was almost exclusively dedicated to restoration. Since 1925 he was a member of the Salzburg Art Association and the Special Association of Austrian Artists . With the salvage of the Faistau frescoes in the Small Festival Hall in 1938 and their reassembly after the Second World War , the artist earned lasting merit. Numerous exhibitions, especially watercolors at home and abroad. In 1956 he was awarded the title of professor , in 1964 the ring of the city of Salzburg and in 1968 the coat of arms medal of the state capital in silver.

Exhibitions

  • 1930 in Berlin and Copenhagen
  • 1935 in Munich
  • 1951 in Vicenza
  • 1953 in Catania
  • 1954 in Rome and Salzburg
  • 1956 in Vienna
  • 1964 in Salzburg (on the occasion of his 40-year stay in the city of Mozart)
  • 1969 in Trento
  • 1970 in Holyocke-Bosten, USA and in Bozen
  • 1971 in the Salzburg museum pavilion
  • 1974 again in the Salzburg museum pavilion
  • 1983 in the Sparkassenstöckl in Salzburg

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Karl Heinz Ritschel , Alberto Susat's estate in Salzburger Nachrichten of December 16, 1978.
  2. ↑ Exhibition folder : Alberto Susat, oil paintings, watercolors and drawings, September 5 to 29, 1974.
  3. ↑ Exhibition folder : Alberto Susat, Flower Pictures and Landscapes, July 11-22, 1983.
personal data
SURNAME Susat, Alberto
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Italian painter and restorer
DATE OF BIRTH April 20, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Riva on Lake Garda , South Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH May 28, 1977
Place of death Salzburg