Erwin Bohatsch
Erwin Bohatsch (* 1951 in Mürzzuschlag , Styria ) is an Austrian artist ( painting , drawings , graphics ). He is one of the most important representatives of the Austrian interpretation of abstract painting. Since the 1980s, his works have also received international recognition.
Life
From 1966 to 1970 Bohatsch attended the Graz School of Applied Arts with Otto Brunner. From 1971 to 1976 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Walter Eckert . In 1984/85 he received a DAAD scholarship for a one-year work stay in Berlin.
Bohatsch taught at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Salzburg in 1992, at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts in Gomera in 1993 and at the Berlin Summer Academy for Fine Arts in 1994.
Bohatsch has held a professorship for abstract painting at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna since 2005 .
Works by the artist can be found in the Museum Moderner Kunst Stiftung Ludwig (MUMOK) (Vienna), Kunsthaus Bregenz , Deutsche Bank Collection, Landesmuseum Joanneum (Graz), Essl Collection - Kunsthaus (Klosterneuburg), Museum der Moderne Salzburg , BA-CA Kunstforum Vienna , Ploner Collection (Vienna), Volpinum Art Collection (Vienna) and Liaunig Collection (Neuhaus / Suha).
Awards
Exhibitions (selection)
- 1982 Martin-Gropius-Bau in Berlin
- 1984 Museum of Modern Art , New York
- 1998 Museo Nacional de Bellas Artes , Buenos Aires and the Secession Vienna
- 1999 MUMOK , Vienna
- 2005 Shanghai Art Museum
- 2005 New Art Museum of China, Beijing
- 2006 Museum Küppersmühle, Duisburg
- 2008 Bank Austria, Art Forum
- 2011 Mezzanine Collection, Liechtenstein Art Museum
- 2011 Museum Liaunig , Neuhaus / Suha, Carinthia
Web links
- Literature by and about Erwin Bohatsch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Erwin Bohatsch on kunstaspekte.de
- Erwin Bohatsch's website
Individual evidence
- ↑ Erwin Bohatsch Personale: Painting as Abstraction . Exhibition announcement. Web presence of the City of Vienna, accessed on January 8, 2016
- ^ Entry on Bohatsch, Erwin at the DAAD's Berlin artist program.
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Bohatsch, Erwin |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian artist |
DATE OF BIRTH | 1951 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Mürzzuschlag |