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Anna Mutter (born August 29, 1918 in Wels ; † March 11, 2011 in Linz ), née Kolbitsch, was an Austrian artist , painter and representative of Austrian Expressionism .

Live and act

From 1939 onwards, Anna Kolbitsch attended the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna without a Matura , where she was taught by Karl Sterrer and Herbert Boeckl , among others . For a short time she also took lessons from Rudolf Szyszkowitz at the Graz School of Applied Arts . Before that, from 1937 on, she worked as an educator at the Neulandschule in Vienna in order to finance her studies. After the school closed in 1938, she returned to Wels and took drawing lessons from her future husband, Adolf Mutter .

She painted portraits, landscapes, still lifes, collages and flowers. Her works are characterized by strong colors. The liveliness and plasticity of her pictures make up the artistic signature of the artist.

The artist was a member of the professional association of visual artists in Upper Austria .

While preparing for the academy, she met and fell in love with the draftsman Adolf Robert R. Mutter (born December 5, 1888, † March 8, 1968) thirty years her senior. The two were married from 1941 until Adolf's death in 1968. They had a son and a daughter.

Exhibitions

Her works have been shown in numerous exhibitions, especially in the Linz area:

  • Exhibition of oil paintings in the Stone Hall of the Linz Landhaus and in the Finance Building East in Linz (1949)
  • Three women , exhibition in the New Gallery of the City of Linz (1955)
  • Joint exhibition with her own works and the works of her deceased husband in the Hypo-Galerie Linz (1973)
  • Collective exhibition in the gallery of the professional association in the Ursulinenhof (1978)
  • 4 women , exhibition in the gallery of the professional association (1979)
  • Art in the hospital , exhibition in the General Hospital of the City of Linz (1984)
  • Double exhibition Anna and Adolf Mutter in the Forum Gallery in Wels (1985)
  • Exhibition in the gallery of the professional association in the Ursulinenhof on the occasion of the 70th birthday (1988)
  • Joint exhibition of Upper Austrian artists in favor of the anti-nuclear movement in the Haus der Frau, Linz (1988, 1990), in the Hypo-Galerie Linz (1991) and in the Galerie Domviertel (1993)
  • Exhibition in the gallery of the professional association in the Ursulinenhof on the occasion of the 75th birthday (1993)
  • Collective exhibition of dominant portraits of women , self-portrayals in the Ursulinenhof, Linz (1998)
  • Exhibition in the gallery of the professional association in the Ursulinenhof on the occasion of the 80th birthday (1998)
  • Exhibition in the gallery of the professional association in the Ursulinenhof on the occasion of the 85th birthday (2003)
  • As long as I paint, I live .. , works from 1947 to 2007, retrospective in the gallery of the professional association of visual artists in Upper Austria , Linz (2008)

Awards

  • Sponsorship award for her oil paintings (1950). The prize money was used to finance a study trip to Paris, where she began to study modern painting.

literature

  • Christine Haiden : It must never be bland , in: Welt der Frau , Austrian women's magazine, No. 12, 2003, pp. 30 to 32
  • As long as I paint, I live . Anna Mutter, pictures 1947 to 2007, exhibition catalog, 2008
  • Gertraud Franzmair : Anna mother. An artist of Austrian Expressionism , diploma thesis, Linz, 2010, 111 pp.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Elisabeth Leitner: “As long as I paint, I live ...” - Anna Mutter: Exhibition shows works from 1947 to 2007. (No longer available online.) In: Church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz. February 6, 2008, archived from the original on September 24, 2017 ; accessed on September 28, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kirchenzeitung.at
  2. ↑ Adolf Mutter on the Regiowiki.at website
  3. ↑ Herbert Schorn: Anna Mutter: As long as I can paint, I live , obituary in the OÖN of March 15, 2011, accessed on September 24, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Mother, Anna
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kolbitsch, Anna (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Wels (city)
DATE OF DEATH March 11, 2011
Place of death Linz