Ernst Skrička

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Ernst Skrička (born June 4, 1946 in Vienna ; † June 29, 2020 ) was an Austrian graphic artist and painter . He lived in Heinrichs bei Weitra ( Waldviertel ) and Vienna.

Life

Ernst Skrička's interest in art was aroused early on by his parents. He also received significant impulses from Professor Josef Stoitzner at the Stubenbastei grammar school in Vienna. Ernst Skrička studied from 1964 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Maximilian Melcher and graduated in 1970 with a teaching diploma for art and craft education and a diploma in academic graphic design. For his artistic diploma thesis, the monumental etching diës irae , he received the academy award. At the same time, Skrička was a full listener at the University of Vienna, where he studied history as a major and art history and philosophy as minor subjects up to the doctoral stage, but did not graduate. In 1969 he had his first exhibition participation: the 6 Melcher students Tone Fink, Franco Lago, Paul Pichler, Ernst Skrička, Wolfgang Stifter and Erich Steininger showed prints in the Vienna Secession.

In 1970 Skrička began teaching at a Viennese grammar school. Also in 1970 he and his college friend Erich Steininger founded their own graphic workshop in Vienna-Leopoldstadt, Vorgartenstrasse 211; this studio community existed for 43 years. The unusually large etching press that Skrička had made with a roller width of 140 cm enabled both artists to print monumental formats.

In 1972 he married his history colleague Nina Bouczek and moved into their new apartment at Mühlschüttel in Vienna-Floridsdorf. In 1974 and 1975 the daughters Sonja and Sandra were born. 1975–2008 Skrička was professor for art education at the Pedagogical Academy (from 2005 university) in Vienna-Strebersdorf.

From 1979 the Skričkas also adapted the former customs house in Heinrichs bei Weitra in the Waldviertel, near the border with Bohemia, as a residential and studio house. Nina and Ernst Skrička have lived there all year round since 2008. In 2013/15 Skrička moved his oeuvre, his presses and his material warehouse to Heinrichs. He was buried at the Stadlauer Friedhof .

Exhibitions

Online 2008
In 2010
Austrian Papermaking Museum 2015

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • 1970 Theseus Temple , Vienna
  • 1974 Künstlerhaus Gallery , Vienna; Forum Stadtpark , Graz
  • 1984 Colorado Springs Fine Arts Center, USA
  • 1986 Albertina , Vienna: Skrička. Etchings
  • 1989 Rupertinum , Salzburg; Palais Liechtenstein, Feldkirch
  • 1991 Gallery Thurnhof, Horn; Steiner Gallery, Zurich
  • 1994 art Basel with Galerie Contact, Vienna
  • 2000 Lentos , Linz
  • 2002 Kubin House in Zwickledt
  • 2006 Geras Abbey; Art Association Horn
  • 2008 Galerie Lang Vienna
  • 2013 Association for Original Etching, Munich
  • 2015 Austrian Paper Making Museum, Steyrermühl
  • 2016 the factory, Gmünd; Hrobsky Gallery, Vienna
  • 2018 ecoart, Palais Niederösterreich, Vienna

such as:

  • 1987, 1990, 1993, 1996, 2003, 2006 Galerie Contact, Vienna
  • 1986, 1989, 1996, 2003, 2009, 2016 Galerie Welz, Salzburg

Awards (selection)

Publications (selection)

Portfolios

  • Theogony 13 etchings on Hesiod with a text by Hansjörg Krug, Edition Tusch, Vienna 1974
  • Bilder aus Angst 6 etchings with a text by Kristian Sotriffer, Edition Grüner, Steyr 1976
  • in view of 18 drypoint etchings with a text by Peter Baum, Vienna 1989/90
  • Mienenspiel 9 lithographs with a text by Otto Breicha, Edition des Rupertinum, Salzburg 1990

Artist books

  • Head pieces together with Ernst Jandl, Edition Thurnhof, Horn 1991
  • dableib-wegwill together with Bodo Hell, Edition Thurnhof, Horn 2001

Movie

  • Ernst Skrička - the passion of etching. Director: Werner Wöss, ORF production, 1973

Works in collections (selection)

Albertina, Vienna; Artothek des Bundes, Vienna; Ferdinandeum Innsbruck; Kärntner Landesgalerie, Klagenfurt; Cultural Office of the City of Vienna MUSA; Kunstforum Bank Austria Unicredit, Vienna; Kunstforum Strabag, Vienna; Kupferstichkabinett of the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna; Lentos Art Museum, Linz; Leopold Collection, Vienna; Museum Liaunig, Neuhaus / Suha; Museum of Modern Art, Salzburg; Museum of Modern Art MUMOK, Vienna; Lower Austria State Museum St.Pölten; Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg; Hartmann Collection, Albstadt / Baden-Württemberg

bibliography

Books

  • Bäumer, Angelica and Sotriffer, Kristian: Skrička . Catalog book of the Albertina with a foreword by Walter Koschatzky, Herold Vienna 1986
  • Lower Austria State Museum (ed.): Ernst Skrička. Overpressure . With texts by Peter Baum, Otto Breicha and Kristian Sotriffer. Vienna 1993
  • Steininger, Florian (ed.): Ernst Skrička. Records . Provincial Library Publishing House , Weitra 2016

Journals / articles (selection)

  • Kristian Sotriffer : artist profile Ernst Skrička . In: old and modern art , issue 126, 18th year, Innsbruck 1973
  • Alois Vogel : Ernst Skrička . In: old and modern art , issue 195, 29th year, Innsbruck 1984
  • Angelica Bäumer : Ernst Skrička. Sign of life of a draftsman . In: Vernissage , 9th year, No. 10, Vienna 1990
  • Philipp Maurer: Ernst Skrička - sensitivities . In: UM: DRUCK , No. 22, Vienna 2013
  • Ursula Philadelphy: "They are pretty nasty drawings". In: morgen , issue 2/16, Vienna 2016
  • Elisabeth Vera Rathenböck : People. Head. Pictures . To Ernst Skrička. In: Artists in the Waldviertel. Steinverlag, St. Pölten 2017

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ mourning for artist Ernst Skricka. In: noen.at. July 23, 2020, accessed August 1, 2020 .
  2. ↑ Grave site Ernst Skricka , Vienna, Stadlauer Friedhof, Group E, Row 5, No. 4.
  3. ^ Wladimir Aichelburg : 150 Years of the Künstlerhaus Vienna. Retrieved November 1, 2017.
  4. ↑ orf.at: cultural prizes awarded by the state . Article dated November 10, 2018, accessed November 10, 2018.
  5. ↑ Culture Prize Winners of the State of Lower Austria 2018 . Retrieved November 10, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Skrička, Ernst
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skricka, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian graphic artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 4, 1946
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2020