Elfriede Trautner

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Elfriede Trautner (born July 22, 1925 in Auberg ; † November 1989 in Linz ) was an Austrian graphic artist .

Live and act

The artist, who grew up with her grandparents in the upper Mühlviertel , moved to Linz in 1946 and worked as a secretary at the Bruckner Conservatory in Linz for 35 years . In her spare time she created a. a. hundreds of technically outstanding drypoint etchings and drawings.

In addition to her job, Trautner learned the basics of printmaking at the Linz School of Applied Arts with Rudolf Hoflehner and Paul Ikrath , perfected her handling of etching with Alfons Ortner and continued her education in 1958, 1959 and 1964 at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg . Her artistic life's work shows how, as a woman, she perceived and coped with the social structures in Linz in the 1960s and 1970s. She was considered the best graphic artist in Upper Austria. Her own difficult childhood is reflected in her works. The motif of the doll appears again and again in her drawings. Progressive mechanization, the exploitation of nature and the role of women in society were other topics she dealt with.

Exhibitions

From 1962, Elfriede Trautner's works were exhibited in various private and public galleries, particularly in Upper Austria, Salzburg and Styria, as part of solo exhibitions and were also repeatedly enriched in group exhibitions and the like. a. in Vienna and Upper Austria (selection):

Awards

Publications

  • Peter Baum : Artists - Austria, 20th Century , Erika Giovanna Klien (1900 to 1957), Broncia Koller (1863 to 1934), Birgit Jürgenssen, Elfriede Trautner, Barbara Pflaum, exhibition catalog, New Gallery of the City of Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum , Linz, 1983
  • Georg Wacha: Paul Ikrath and his master students : Erich Buchegger, Rudolf Ferch, Hans Keplinger, Auguste Kronheim , Hans Schaumberger, Elfriede Trautner, exhibition catalog, City Museum Linz-Nordico , Linz, 1984
  • Elfriede Trautner - The graphic work , exhibition catalog, Landesgalerie Linz am Oberösterreichisches Landesmuseum Linz (publisher), Linz, 1992
  • Elfriede Trautner 1925 to 1989: Drawings and prints , Linz, 2011

literature

  • Elfriede Trautner. In: Heinrich Fuchs: The Austrian painters of the 20th century. Volume 4, self-published, Vienna 1986, p. 181f.
  • I am suffering from life , exhibition and film portrait in the Lentos Art Museum Linz, in: Church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz from December 13, 2011 query from May 25, 2013
  • Sarah Estermann: Late appreciation of a master , in: Oberösterreichische Nachrichten from November 17, 2011 [query from May 25, 2013]

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Trautner, in: Web presence of the Lentos Art Museum Linz , document for the press conference on November 16, 2011, exhibition in the Lentos from November 18, 2011 to January 29, 2012
  2. ↑ Elfriede Trautner - drawings and prints, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz, 2011/2012  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , in: PKG - Portal Art History@1@ 2Template: Toter Link / www.portalkunstgeschichte.de  
  3. ↑ Trautner exhibition in the Lentos
  4. ↑ Silent heroines, 100 years of women's history in Linz , brochure accompanying the anniversary of Linz Women's Day, Linz, 2011 (PDF; 3.6 MB)
personal data
SURNAME Trautner, Elfriede
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH July 22, 1925
PLACE OF BIRTH Eggplant
DATE OF DEATH November 1989
Place of death Linz