Anton Ehrenberger

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Anton Ehrenberger (born February 14, 1953 in Horn ) is an Austrian visual artist, cultural mediator, cultural journalist and exhibition designer who works and lives in Gars am Kamp .

life and work

Anton Ehrenberger studied at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna ( Herbert Tasquil master class ) and at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg with Rudolf Hradil (etching) and Werner Otte (lithography). Ehrenberger was an art teacher at the Piaristengymnasium Krems and a lecturer at the Church Pedagogical University Krems for the teaching post in visual education and has been active as a visual artist, cultural mediator, cultural journalist and exhibition designer since the 1970s. Ehrenberger is a member of the “St. Pöltner Künstlerbundes "and the Krems artist group" Raumweitend ". Together with Hans Heppenheimer , Ehrenberger was the driving force behind the design of the museum, the preservation of the townscape and monuments as well as the research and documentation of the history of Gars am Kamp . As Heppenheimer's successor, Ehrenberger was director of the Gars local history museum from 1989 to 2000, and has been director of the Zeitbrücke Museum in Gars since 2012 . In this role he has curated numerous exhibitions, written and edited catalogs and publications.

Award

  • Honorary Award of the City of Salzburg (1980)

Publications (selection)

Cultural journalism (selection)

  • Anton Ehrenberger and Gottfried Layr: "Gars around 1900. Image documentation on the occasion of the exhibition 'History of the market town of Gars at the turn of the century'". Gars am Kamp 1978.
  • Anton Ehrenberger, Elisabeth Sachs and Hubert Obenaus: Franz von Suppè (1819–1895). Festschrift for the opening of the Gars am Kamp Suppé memorial (Garser exhibition and event information. Issue 7). Gars am Kamp 1995.
  • Anton Ehrenberger: Four articles in: Etzmannsdorf , Wanzenau , Wolfshof . Landscape ecology and life in the three Holy Lands (Horn 1999). ISBN 3-9501180-0-4 .
  • Anton Ehrenberger: “Gardens, villas, parks. Between private refuge and public space ”. Catalog for the special exhibition of the Zeitbrücke Museum. Gars am Kamp 2006.
  • Anton Ehrenberger and Peter Böttcher: Gars am Kamp. Parish Church of St. Simon and Judas Thaddäus and Gertrudskirche [Text: Anton Ehrenberger. Photos: Peter Böttcher]. Christian art centers in Austria. (Salzburg 2007).
  • Anton Ehrenberger: “100 years of amateur theater in Gars. 20 years of the SPEKTAKEL theater group ”. Catalog for the special exhibition of the Zeitbrücke Museum. Gars am Kamp 2012.
  • Anton Ehrenberger and Josef Grassler: “Sounding Gars. Military bands. Spa orchestra. Local brass bands. Photo documents since 1898 ”. Catalog for the special exhibition of the Zeitbrücke Museum. Gars am Kamp 2013.
  • Anton Ehrenberger: Architecture and Art in Gars. In: Bettina Marchart and Markus Holzweber (eds.): "Garser Geschichte n ". Gars am Kamp. Thousands of years of cultural landscape (2014). Pp. 319-417. ISBN 978-3-9503541-3-3 .
  • Anton Ehrenberger, Oliver Fries and Ronald Kurt Salzer (eds.): Garser Burgen. Rulers from the early Middle Ages to modern times. 2015. ISBN 978-3-85028-731-9 .
  • Anton Ehrenberger and Andreas Weigel : “Stars in Gars. Create and enjoy. Artists in the summer “. Published by the Gars Museum Association, Zeitbrücke-Museum Gars (Gars 2017). ISBN 978-3-9504427-0-0 .
  • Ingrid Scherney and Anton Ehrenberger: “Utopia. Designs about the coexistence of people throughout history up to today. Selected examples ”. Published by the Gars Museum Association, Zeitbrücke-Museum Gars (Gars 2018). ISBN 978-3-9504427-1-7 .

Artistic exhibition catalogs (selection)

  • “Anton Ehrenberger. Painting and Graphics ”(2018).
  • For the 70th annual exhibition of the “St. Pöltner Künstlerbundes "(2016).
  • "Exhibition of friendship", Adjara Museum of Art, Batumi (Georgia) (2016).
  • "Reaction". Catalog of the association “Raumweitend” for the exhibition in museumkrems (1984).
  • "Landscape Art Project 1998-2001", Wachtberg Gars am Kamp (2001).
  • “Contemplations”, member exhibition of the Stadtpark Krems gallery (1990).
  • "Artist - Art - Artist (Orozco Cycle)". Paraphrases - Hommages - Variations, Blue-Yellow Gallery Vienna (2014).
  • “Anton Ehrenberger. Graphics ”(introductory text: Wolfgang Hilger) (1984).

Exhibitions (selection)

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • Utopia and poetry. St. Pölten (2018)
  • Reutlingen, Baden-Württemberg (2016)
  • Old bulk box. Academy Geras (2015)
  • Dürnhof cultural center. Zwettl (2015)
  • Kultur Mitte, Krems (2013)
  • Gallery of the Citizens Hospital. Drosendorf (2011)
  • Heimathaus Attersee. Attersee (2009)
  • Gallery Alte Schmiede Schönberg (2006)
  • Landhausgalerie exhibition bridge, St. Pölten (2002)
  • AKH Gallery Vienna (2001)
  • Hippolythaus St. Pölten (2000)
  • N.Ö. Documentation Center for Modern Art, St. Pölten (1996)
  • Galerie Göttlicher, Krems-Stein (1994)
  • Association for Art and Culture, Eichgraben (1988)
  • Small gallery on the main square (Zweymüller), Baden (1986)
  • Stadtpark Gallery, Krems (1984)
  • Thurnhof Gallery, Horn (1984)
  • Art Association Arcade, Mödling (1982)

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • Gray zones, Galerie Daliko, gray zones, Krems (2018)
  • Surprise, Galerie Kunst.Werk, St. Pölten (2017/18)
  • 70 years of the St. Pölten Artists Association, St. Pölten City Museum (2016)
  • "Not for Sale" and "Horizonte", Galerie Kunst.Werk, St. Pölten (2016)
  • Old Hermitage Gallery, Wegscheid (2016)
  • Symposium exhibition. Art House Batumi. Batumi (Georgia) (2015)
  • "Reaction", association "space-grabbing" in the museumkrems (2014)
  • “Les Fleurs du Mal. The Flowers of Evil ", Galerie Kunst.Werk, St. Pölten (2014)
  • Art-Walk, Groß Siegharts (2013)
  • Kecskemét (Hungary) (1990)

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personal data
SURNAME Ehrenberger, Anton
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian visual artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 14, 1953
PLACE OF BIRTH Horn (Lower Austria)