Franz Krautgasser

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Franz Krautgasser (born November 19, 1920 in Hall in Tirol , † December 4, 1985 in Hall) was an Austrian painter.

Life

From 1941 to 1944 Krautgasser studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich under Hermann Kaspar and at the State Academy for Applied Arts in Munich. In 1946/47 he studied painting and art education at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Gerda Matejka-Felden and Herbert Boeckl , graduating in 1947 with a diploma.

Between 1948 and 1977 he had numerous teaching positions at various higher secondary schools in Tyrol and Innsbruck. In 1956 the pragmatization and award of the title of professor took place, in 1975 he received the title of senior student council.

Franz Krautgasser died on December 4, 1985 after suffering from leukemia for many years.

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Influenced by French Expressionism, Franz Krautgasser created an extensive oeuvre consisting of numerous still lifes, vedute and landscape pictures, portraits, sacred pictures and nude drawings. Krautgasser's interest in abstraction and strong color compositions was closely linked to his love of experimentation with new materials, colors and shapes. He left numerous charcoal and ink drawings, oil paintings, watercolors, frescoes, pictures in mixed media (with tempera, sand and plaster) and lacquer pictures.

Krautgasser's works have been described as the “living expression of our day” and he himself as “an artist who from now on always has to be named when contemporary painting in Tyrol is discussed”.

Exhibitions

Franz Krautgasser exhibited nationally and internationally, including a. in the Künstlerhaus Vienna (Tyrolean art exhibition, 1951), in the Ferdinandeum Innsbruck (Austrian graphics, 1952; tiroler kunst heute, 1964), in the French cultural institute, Innsbruck (1956), at the Interbau exhibition in Berlin's Hansa district (new art in space der Kirche, 1957) and in the art pavilion in the Hofgarten , Innsbruck (solo exhibition, 1960).

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Tiroler Nachrichten of November 14, 1960; The People's Messenger of November 12, 1960
personal data
SURNAME Krautgasser, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH November 19, 1920
PLACE OF BIRTH Hall in Tirol
DATE OF DEATH 4th December 1985
Place of death Hall in Tirol