Egon Hofmann House

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Egon Hofmann House, Im Dörfl 3, Linz

The Egon-Hofmann-Haus is a studio house with several workshops on the Römerberg in Linz , which was set up in 1957 by the culture ring of Upper Austria's economy and is named after the painter Egon Hofmann .

After completing their training, young artists are given start-up help with the provision of a studio to start an independent artistic career.

building

The studio house consists of a living and working wing, was built in 1955 by Fritz Fanta for the intended purpose and listed on October 15, 2009. The work wing has a slightly sloping northern front and a flat monopitch roof.

Artist

More than eighty artists have already worked in one of the studios in the Egon-Hofmann-Haus, including:

Fritz Aigner , Elisa Andessner , Kurt Augustin , Josef Bauer , Heinz Baumüller , Markus Binder, Walter Breuer , Erwin Bucheder , Claudia Czimek, Peter Dimmel , Norbert Drienko , Richard Eder , Ed Ehmayr , Franz Fischbacher , Alfred Flattinger , Margarete Geffke , Wolfgang Georgsdorf , Anselm Glück , Emilie Goldmann, Ursula Grabner, Margit Greinöcker, Katharina Gruzei, Walter Gucher, Reinhard Gupfinger, Hermann Haider , Hermann Haslinger , Peter Hauenschild , Josef Häupl , Franz Hitz , Karl Hochgatterer , Josef Huber , Alexander Jöchl , Charles Kaltenbacher , Kaul Kapil , Adolf Kloska , Gerhard Knogler , Gerlinde Knogler-Grothe , Helmut Kolar , Rudolf Kolbitsch , Elisabeth Kramer , Peter Kraml , Werner Krausneker, Gabriele Kreczi , Johannes Krejci , Peter Kuba , Peter Kubovsky , Kurt Lackner , Andrea Lehmann, Pepi Maier , Birgitta Merl , Veronika Merl , Gerlinde Miesenböck, Kurt Moldovan , Gerhard Müllner , Ingrid Niedermayr, Robert Oltay , Margit Palme , Josef Perfler , Andreas Prag , Thomas Pühringer , Beate Rathmayr , Barbara Reisinger , Heinz Ritter , Erich Ruprecht , Johann Ruschak, Ursula Schröcksnadel, Peter Sommerauer , Eckart Sonnleitner , Martin Staufner , Siegfried Strasser , Thomas Strobl , Franz Suess , Elfriede Trautner , Ulrich Waibel , Ewald Walser , Brigitte Wasmeyer , Anton Watzl , Johannes Wegerbauer , Josef Wimmer, Natascha Wöss , Alfred Würl , Martina Zwölfer .

Retrospective

In a retrospective called “Door to Door” in 2008, 72 artists who worked for a while “in the Dörfl” (street name) presented one work each and one more recent as part of an exhibition in Nordico Plant.

literature

  • Egon Hofmann, Walter Kasten: Exhibition catalog of the New Gallery of the City of Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum: Ten years of the Egon Hofmann House -Atelierhaus of the Upper Austrian Culture Ring - painting, graphics, sculpture by the house's artists. Linz 1967. (including short biographies of the supported artists)
  • Ten artists from the Egon Hofmann House in the City Museum Linz-Nordico. Josef Bauer, Ernst Ed. Ehmayr, Peter Kraml, Gerhard Knogler, Werner Krausneker, Peter Kuba, Andreas Prag, Thomas Pühringer, Johann W. Ruschak, Brigitte J. Wasmeyer. Exhibition catalog. In: City Museum Linz. 73, 1976.
  • Kulturring der Wirtschaft Oberösterreichs (Ed.): 25 years of the Kulturring der Wirtschaft Upper Austria, anniversary 1954 to 1979 and documentation of the artists who have been working in the Atelierhaus Egon-Hofmann-Haus since 1957 with short biographies. Linz 1979.
  • 30 years Egon-Hofmann-Haus, artist competition work-man-machine / partner technology. Linz 1986.
  • A studio house as a signal for art, 40th anniversary of the Egon-Hofmann-Haus of the Upper Austrian culture ring. In: Chamber news. Vol. 51 (1997), No. 35, Linz 1997.
  • Brigitta Merl, Reinhard Kren: “Door to door” of the “Dörfl” studio house in Nordico. PDF , In: Linz active. Municipal quarterly publication of the city of Linz. Linz 2008, p. 74.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Atelier, residential and commercial building. In: Web presence of the city of Linz, Linz Culture, accessed on May 4, 2013.
  2. ↑ Door to door - Atelierhaus der Wirtschaft Upper Austria. on the website of the city of Linz
  3. ↑ Brigitta Merl, Reinhard Kren: 72 artists take part in the exhibition. In: Linz Aktiv. Municipal quarterly publication of the city of Linz. 2008, p. 74.

Coordinates: 48 ° 18 ′ 3.6 ″  N , 14 ° 16 ′ 16.1 ″  E