Ernst Balluf

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Ernst Balluf (born September 2, 1921 in Linz , Upper Austria ; † April 20, 2008 there ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Life

Ernst Balluf studied painting and graphics with Paul Ikrath at the arts and crafts department of the higher trade school in Linz. His focus was on nature and landscape painting . He himself named William Turner and Emil Nolde as role models . He also worked as a cartoonist and illustrator for various newspapers . His work includes drawings , lithographs and especially watercolors .

With his coloring and concentration on the essentials of the graphic lines he always achieved a certain degree of abstraction. "There is no such thing as abstract art, you always have to start something, after which you can remove all traces of the real as you wish," is how he himself described his way of working.

Since 1965 he has been represented with over 100 solo exhibitions inside and outside Austria. In addition, he took part in numerous international art events. He was a member of the Mühlviertel Artists' Guild, which was renamed the Zülow Group in 2001 .

The Upper Austrian died of heart failure in April 2008 at the age of 86 after a walk .

literature

  • Christian Brandstätter (Ed.): Upper Austria ; Vienna u. a .: Molden, 1975; ISBN 3-217-00727-1 (with 5 illustrations based on drawings by Ernst Balluf)

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Kunstnet: Ernst Balluf on his painting ( Memento of the original from January 15, 2008 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.kunstnet.at
personal data
SURNAME Balluf, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH September 2, 1921
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH April 20, 2008
Place of death Linz