Franz Lenhart

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Franz Lenhart (also Franz J. Lenhart , actually Franz Seraf Josef Lenhart ; born January 7, 1898 in Bad Häring , † March 27, 1992 in Meran ) was an Austrian-Italian commercial artist and painter.

Life

Lenhart came from Kufstein, studied in Vienna and Florence and settled in Merano as a young graphic artist in 1922. In 1924 he achieved a decisive breakthrough with the poster “Visitate le Dolomiti” ( Visit the Dolomites ) for the Italian state tourism office Enit.

In 1927 Franz Lenhart married Bianca Pavinato

By 1930 Lenhart had found his own style, which showed dynamic skiers or elegant women with an erotic charisma against the backdrop of the alpine landscape. On Lenhart's posters, South Tyrol was no longer shown as a mountain farming country, but presented as a sophisticated leisure paradise. Lenhart also painted posters for large shipping companies and traveled to Yugoslavia, Greece, Turkey, Tunisia, Libya, Egypt and the Far East, where he carried out portraits. 1950 followed a stay in North and South America, where further works were created. In 1962 Lenhart began painting the murals in the 'Wandelhalle' on the winter promenade in Merano. In 1988 and 1989 the last two major solo exhibitions took place in Merano and Bolzano.

The Lenhart collection is now kept by the Touriseum , the South Tyrolean State Museum for Tourism History.

Publications

  • Old Merano types - Tipi della vecchia Merano. Merano 1988.
  • The good Kaiser Franzl: a dubious South Tyrolean vademecum . Calliano: Manfrini 1994. ISBN 88-7024-504-7

Works (selection)

  • Visitate le Dolomiti , poster, 1924
  • Società Automobilistica Dolomiti , advertising poster, 1932
  • Savoy fresco in the Christ the King's Church in Bolzano , 1941
  • Benito Mussolini , portrait, oil painting, 1943
  • King Bumibol of Thailand and Queen Sirikit , portraits, oil paintings, 1987

literature

  • Roberto Festi, Lillo Gullo: Franz J. Lenhart: Manifesti - posters. Con i bozzetti inediti della collezione Benzion V. Levi. Trento: Stampalith 2001.
  • Elio Baldessarelli: Franz Lenhart. Painter, portraitist and graphic artist of international standing. Meran: Pötzelberger 1990.
  • Carl Kraus , Hannes Obermair (ed.): Myths of dictatorships. Art in Fascism and National Socialism - Miti delle dittature. Art nel fascismo e nazionalsocialismo . South Tyrolean State Museum for Cultural and State History Castle Tyrol, Dorf Tirol 2019, ISBN 978-88-95523-16-3 , p. 46-49, 55, 68-69, 89, 106-107 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Alpenzeitung of September 21, 1927 p. 3

Web links

Commons : Franz Lenhart  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
personal data
SURNAME Lenhart, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Lenhart, Franz Seraf Josef; Lenhart, Franz J.
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian-Italian graphic artist and painter (South Tyrol)
DATE OF BIRTH January 7, 1898
PLACE OF BIRTH Bad Haring
DATE OF DEATH March 27, 1992
Place of death Meran