Christian Bauer (art historian)

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Christian Bauer (* 1963 in Vienna ) is an Austrian art historian , curator and museum director. Since 2015 he has been the founding director of the Lower Austria State Gallery in Krems, which is currently under construction .

Live and act

Christian Bauer studied art history at the University of Vienna from 1984 to 1990 and completed a doctorate at the University of Applied Arts Vienna from 2008 to 2010. From 1990 to 1992 he took on freelance activities. From 1993 to 1999, Bauer was in charge of the Marketing, Advertising, PR, Public Relations and Mediation Department at Bank Austria 's Art Forum .

From 2000 to 2008, Bauer was in the management of the Kunstmeile Krems BetriebsgesmbH and the NÖ Museum BetriebsgesmbH as well as the procuration of the NÖ Kulturwirtschaft GesmbH . As managing director of the Krems art mile, he helped to build it. Milestones here are the founding of the Caricature Museum Krems and the Forum Frohner , as well as the structural adaptation of the Kunsthalle Krems . He also worked with the toikoi design team on the conception of the Schiele birthplace at Tulln train station and the Egon Schiele Museum in Tulln. Bauer's research focus is on modern art with a focus on the artist Egon Schiele, on whom he published two comprehensive publications by Hirmer Verlag : Egon Schiele appeared in 2013 . The beginning , in 2015 Egon Schiele followed. Almost a lifetime .

From 2009 to 2015 he went into self-employment with a focus on international exhibition, research and publication projects. Since 2015, he has been the artistic director of the Landesgalerie Niederösterreich, Krems.

Editorships and Writings

  • Factory reviews. In: Klaus Albrecht Schröder and Johann Winkler (eds.): Oskar Kokoschka. Munich 1991
  • Painting and graphics of the twenties. In: Karl Steiner. Trends of the Twenties. Vienna 1992, p. 19
  • The Egon Schiele Museum in Tulln and the beginnings of the artist. In: Egon Schiele Yearbook (Abbreviation: ESJB), Volume 1, Vienna 2012, p. 194
  • Egon Schiele Museum in Tulln. In: Wolfgang Krug (ed.): Landesmuseum Niederösterreich, 100 years of "permanent" house. Vienna 2012
  • The golden age of the Palais Mollard-Clary and the invention of the blockbuster exhibitions. The years 1951 to 1986. In: Wolfgang Krug (ed.): Landesmuseum Niederösterreich, 100 years "permanent" house. Vienna 2012, p. 171
  • The beginning. In: Egon Schiele. The beginning. Munich 2013, p. 157
  • "I eternal child". The early work as a harbinger of maturity. In: Egon Schiele. The beginning. Munich 2013, p. 8
  • “There are things that don't belong to you alone.” Werner Gradisch in an interview. In: Egon Schiele Yearbook (Abbreviation: ESJB), Volume 2, Vienna 2014
  • Paths to Expression in Egon Schiele's Portraiture. In: Alessandra Comini (ed.): Egon Schiele. Portraits. New York 2014
  • Egon Schiele. Almost a lifetime. Munich 2015
  • Schiele's early work. In: Tobias Natter (ed.): Egon Schiele. Cologne 2017

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ APA-OTS broadcast. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .
  2. ↑ Official website of the Schiele birthplace. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .
  3. ^ CV Christian Bauer. Retrieved October 17, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Bauer, Christian
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian, curator and museum director
DATE OF BIRTH 1963
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna