Franz Hitz

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Franz Hitz (* 1952 in Linz ) is an Austrian graphic artist and painter .

Live and act

Hitz studied from 1969 at the art school of the city of Linz in the master class for painting with Alfons Ortner and graduated in 1975 with a diploma. He lives and works as a painter and graphic artist in Linz and Vienna. He lived for a while in the Egon Hofmann House and is a member of the MAERZ artists' association . From 1972 to 1975 he was co-editor of Outlines , a publication by graduates and students of the art school of the city of Linz.

Works

Works by Franz Hitz are in private and public collections mainly in Germany and occasionally also abroad (selection):

  • Idol, pencil on acrylic and paper (1985)
  • Palace of Remembrance, graphite on paper
  • Feminine landscape, graphite on paper (1989)
  • 2 pencil drawings with abstract composition, purchased by the Upper Austrian State Museum
Art collection of the province of Upper Austria
  • Idol, pencil on acrylic and paper (1985)
  • several works without title (1990, 1991, 1993)
  • Temperl coast, graphite on paper (2002)
  • Stone and Flesh II, The Temple of Inscriptions, graphite on paper

Exhibitions

The artist exhibited in private galleries in 1987 and 1989 and has repeatedly participated in group exhibitions since 1987, including several times in the MAERZ gallery.

literature

  • Huemer / Kraml / Gotha / Brehm / Hitz (editors): Outlines , No. 2, Volume 2, publication of a group of graduates and students from the art school of the city of Linz, Linz, 1973
  • Franz Hitz , in: Kulturbericht Oberösterreich, year 41, Linz, 1987
  • Franz Hitz in: Kulturbericht Oberösterreich, year 43, Linz, 1989
  • Stephanie Haslinger-Schulz: Atelier visit to Franz Hitz , in: Kulturbericht Oberösterreich, year 48, Linz, 1994
  • Edition Linz, series of publications by Linz Kultur, Franz Josef Heinrich , texts, 9 drawings by Franz Hitz, Linz

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Biographies on the ARS Electronica Archive website (PDF; 642 kB)
  2. ↑ Palace of Remembrance, in: Art in Architecture in the Old Town Hall , construction start 1993, completion 2001, Linz 2001 (PDF; 3.8 MB)
  3. ↑ Painting and graphics, contemporary and modern art, in: Web presence of the Seidler Gallery, Linz ( Memento of the original from August 20, 2011 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.galerieseidler.at
  4. ↑ Franz Hitz, Works in the Art Collection , in: Web presence of the Art Collection of the State of Upper Austria
  5. ^ Franz Hitz, in: Webpräsenz Basis Wien
  6. ^ Edition Linz
personal data
SURNAME Hitz, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian graphic artist and painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1952
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz