Anton Höger

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Anton Franz Höger (born October 30, 1956 in Munich ) is a German painter and composer.

Life

In Austria, five students of the writer and painter Albert Paris Gütersloh founded the so-called Vienna School of Fantastic Realism , among them Ernst Fuchs . One of his master students, A. Richard Penn, trained Anton Höger, who after completing his studies at the end of the 1970s, however, only returned to painting extensively in the early 2000s.

The Viennese School of the 1950s had primarily used the opulence of mannerism to portray their nightmarish visions. This figurative fantasy developed complex forms, the local differences of which become clear above all in the recourse to art-historical references. It was important to the representatives of this new fantastic movement to adhere unconditionally to the representational representation. Surreal currents of the 1920s that led to the dissolution of the figure, for example in Salvador Dali or Joan Miro , which paved the way to abstract expressionism. Anton Höger's painting style can be classified under Fantastic Realism . His subjects are modern man in science, art and religion.

painting

Painting technique

The Viennese School, Höger's artistic home, featured unreal, dreamlike motifs in the opulent Mannerist style and an elaborate painting technique based on old Italian and Dutch painting. Admiration for the painterly finesse of the old masters and the attempt to achieve their effects had already led Otto Dix to a radical change in his painting technique in the mid-1920s. Anton Höger's work is often characterized by allusions to old pictorial symbols, which, however, he implements with the directness of a contemporary design language. Its realism corresponds to today's viewing habits.

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2005: Solo exhibition in Montreal (Gora-Gallery)
  • 2005: Solo exhibition Soho, New York, (Agora-Gallery)
  • 2006: Group exhibition Chelsea, New York (Agora-Gallery)
    • Solo exhibition Munich (Realism Gallery)
  • 2007: Florence Biennale 2008; Solo exhibition Bamberg (Senger Art Gallery)
  • 2009: Solo exhibition Bamberg (Senger Art Gallery)
  • 2010: Group exhibition Tübingen (Schedhalle)
  • 2011: Solo exhibition in Munich (Art Gallery Stumpf)
    • Blue-Orange Art Prize of the City of Coburg
  • 2012: Group exhibition Munich (Art Gallery Stumpf)
    • Solo exhibition in Munich (Art Gallery Stumpf)
  • 2013: Solo exhibition in Munich (Art Gallery Stumpf)
    • Art Stroke Munich
    • Group exhibition Essen (art gallery at the tower)
    • Group exhibition Coburg (Kunstverein)
  • 2014: Group exhibition in Munich (Art Gallery Stumpf)
    • Art Stroke Munich
    • Solo exhibition in Munich (Art Gallery Stumpf)
    • Art Fair Cologne 2015 - Art Stroke Munich
  • 2015: Solo exhibition in Munich (Art Gallery Stumpf)
  • 2016: Solo exhibition Nuremberg (space for contemporary art)
  • 2017: Solo exhibition Museum Meštrovi ć Pavilion Zagreb (HDLU)
  • 2018 : Group exhibition ( Museo Civico di Rieti)
  • 2019: Group exhibition Munich (Størpunkt);
  • 2020: Leonardo da Vinci Prize (Venice); Frida Kahlo Prize (Milan)

Pictures (selection)

  • Barely visible. 2010, oil on canvas, 180 × 150
  • The end of the day for an illusionist. 2011, oil on canvas, 180 × 140
  • Judith. 2011, oil on canvas, 200 × 90
  • Triptych IV - “Prometheus”. 2012, oil on canvas, 320 × 160
  • Triptych V - “String Games”. 2012, oil on canvas, 160 × 360
  • The little world. 2013, oil on canvas, 180 × 180
  • Stop smearing. 2013, oil on canvas, 180 × 130
  • Remains. 2014, mixed media, 170 × 120
  • Guardian. 2014, oil on canvas, 90 × 215
  • Bonjour. 2014, oil on canvas, 200 × 90
  • Cain. 2015, oil on canvas, 90 × 200
  • Territory. 2015, oil on canvas, 90 × 220
  • Wordless. 2015, oil on canvas, 160 × 220
  • The feint. 2015, oil on canvas, 160 × 220
  • In lovely blue. 2016, oil on panel, 150 × 150
  • Medea. 2016, oil on wood, 140 × 110
    • Source: antonhoeger.com - Exhibitions

music

Höger's second strong interest was music, with guitar and lute he initially devoted himself to the interpretation of Renaissance and Baroque music , and later to deal with contemporary compositions. In 1989 he won first prize at the International Chamber Music Composers' Competition in Berlin.

Compositions

  • The tides of the forest for 4 guitars (Musikverlag Zimmermann GmbH & Co.Kg - ZM 28740)
  • Mountains of Twilight (1991) for 3 guitars
  • No. 10 Elegie-for 3 guitars (1993)
  • Elegy for guitar solo (1993)
  • Tarantos (1994/2014) for 3 guitars
  • Aus dem Dunkel (1994/2014) for violin and guitar
  • Nachtstück - Fragment I (1992/2014) for 2 guitars
  • Nachtstück - Fragment II (1992/2014) for guitar solo
  • giocando Aelous (2014) for guitar solo
  • Hemios-III - Music for Lute (1993)
    • Source: Website with compositions by Anton Höger.

Editions are from Boosey & Hawkes, Ricordi, Red House Edition, Zimmermann, Henry Lemoine, Tree Edition and others. a. in front.

Intavolations

for 2 to 4 sounds in different moods

Publications

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c Anton Höger - Inexhaustible. Art book. Hirmer Verlag, 2012, ISBN 978-3-7774-6091-8 .
  2. ^ Website of the Institute for Contemporary Art, Munich, with a biographical outline and interpretations of the works mentioned, accessed on July 24, 2010.
  3. ↑ a b antonhoeger.com - Exhibitions
  4. ↑ stoerpunkt.com ( Memento of the original dated August 24, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) 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.stoerpunkt.com
  5. ↑ space for contemporary art. laurentiu feller | Gallery in Nuremberg-Gostenhof. In: das-artelier.com. Retrieved October 3, 2016 .
  6. ↑ inFranken.de: naked behind-Anton-Högers-realities-
  7. ↑ a b Website with compositions by Anton Höger ( Memento of the original from May 5, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) 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.di-arezzo.co.uk
  8. ↑ Category: Höger, Anton / Arranger. on: imslp.org
personal data
SURNAME Höger, Anton
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Höger, Anton Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German painter and composer
DATE OF BIRTH October 30, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich