Carl Unger (painter)

Wall with ceramic plates, "abstract design" in the urban residential complex Thürnlhofstrasse 20-24

Carl Unger (born August 24, 1915 in Wolframitzkirchen near Znaim , † December 21, 1995 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter.

Unger studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1935 to 1939 with Herbert Boeckl , whose daughter Maria he married in 1943. In 1947 Unger was one of the founding members of the Art Club Vienna. Stylistically, he developed from Expressionism through a Cubist phase to abstraction. His work includes landscapes, figurines, watercolors and drawings. In 1950 he took over the management of a class for the study of the human figure at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna. In 1954 Unger took part in the Venice Biennale , from 1971–75 he was rector of the “Angewandte”. He was buried at the Hietzingen cemetery .

Awards

1950: Austrian State Prize for Painting
1959: Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts

Web links

Commons : Carl Unger - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on Unger, Carl in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
Entry on Carl Unger in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Carl Unger website with a detailed curriculum vitae
Exhibition report ORF Ö1

personal data
SURNAME	Unger, Carl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wolframitzkirchen near Znaim
DATE OF DEATH	December 21, 1995
Place of death	Vienna