Erich Smodics

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Erich Smodics (born February 4, 1941 in Bregenz ) is an Austrian painter and member of the Bregenz Circle .

Live and act

In 1960, Smodics trained as a sculptor and designer for print models and worked as a textile draftsman. In 1964 he merged with Helmut Fetz , Rudolf Zündel and Siegfried Kresser to form the “Bregenz Circle”, which was based on the “Vienna School of Fantastic Realism”. He had his first exhibitions in Bregenz and Vienna in 1966 (Montfort Prize exhibition). From 1970 he worked as a freelance painter, graphic artist and sculptor .

Exhibitions (selection)

Working in public collections

Some of his works are in public collections, including the Albertina Graphic Collection, Vienna; the collection of the Salzgitter Museum, Germany; the collection of the Chamber of Industry and Commerce (Foyer Börse Frankfurt); in the Vorarlberg State Museum ; in the Ministry of Education, Vienna; in the Gurlitt Museum , Linz; in the Galerie Zentrum, Vienna; in the gallery Peithner-Liechtenfels, Vienna; Galerie Wiegand, Cologne; Galerie Zentrum, Vienna and in the Museum Haus zum Cavazzen in Lindau .

Prizes and awards

  • Vorarlberg Art Promotion Prize
  • 1982 guest scholarship from Villa Romana , Florence.
  • 2008 Grand Prize of International Characters, Kosova Biennale

Literature and catalogs

  • Erich Smodics: Erich Smodics - oil paintings, gouaches, drawings 1972 - 1974. Vienna, Galerie Zentrum (1975).
  • Exhibition Erich Smodics, Bregenz - Figurationen 1991 , Schopfheim, Schopfheimer Kunstverein, 1991
  • Erich Smodics - canvas, paper , Frankfurt am Main, Baker and McKenzie, 2006
  • Erich Smodics , Frankfurt, Gierig, 1981
  • Exhibition [of] Galerie Autodidakt 29 , Erich Smodics, 1966

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Painting, sculpture and media art after 1945 (Vorarlberg Chronik)
  2. ^ Portrait of Erich Smodic
  3. ↑ Erich Smodics - Body Pictures ( Memento of the original from May 23, 2010 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. (April 26, 2001)  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstnet.at
  4. ^ Double exhibition: Erich Smodics, Herbert Albrecht (June 8, 2011)
personal data
SURNAME Smodics, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and member of the Bregenz Circle
DATE OF BIRTH February 4, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Bregenz