Franz Rosei

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Franz Rosei (born July 2, 1947 in Vienna ) is an Austrian sculptor and draftsman .

Life

Franz Rosei was born in Vienna in 1947. His brother is the writer Peter Rosei . 1966 Matura , 1967 start of work on wood and plaster sculptures . After a short stay at the University of Applied Arts with Leinfellner, Rosei continues to work alone again. Some sculptures are made using the concrete casting technique. From 1970 he works exclusively in stone (marble, limestone, sandstone), besides occupying himself with drawing (pencil, charcoal, watercolors). 1985 Start of work on a large mold for a bronze casting . Since then, bronze sculptures have been made time and again. Franz Rosei's work has been on display for over 30 years in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad, including a comprehensive retrospective in the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna .

His central theme is - according to Franz Rosei - "the view of this life, the world and the desire to transform the result of this observation, investigation, into form".

Due to his individual handling of the sculptural language, Franz Rosei already played an important role in the art scene in the early 1980s and is today one of the most important sculptors in Austria .

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection)

  • Künstlerhaus Vienna, 1976
  • Galerie Schapira & Beck, Vienna, 1977
  • Galerie Orny, Munich, 1978
  • Künstlerhaus, Salzburg, 1979
  • Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt , 1979
  • as part of the “Special Show Austria”, 1980
  • at the Basel Art Fair as part of the “Biennale des Jeunes”, Paris, 1980
  • Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1980
  • Galerie Droschl, Graz, 1981
  • Galerie Welz, Salzburg, 1982
  • Galerie Würthle, Vienna, 1983
  • Museum of Modern Art / Museum of the 20th Century, Vienna, 1984
  • Galerie Lendl, Graz, 1989
  • Ulysses Gallery, Vienna, 1989
  • Salzburg State Collections Rupertinum, 1990
  • Ulysses Gallery, New York, 1991
  • Gallery in the Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 1994
  • Ulysses Gallery, Vienna, 1995
  • Kulturhaus Graz, 2000
  • Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, 2001
  • Ulysses Gallery, Vienna, 2001
  • Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, 2003
  • Arthouse Gallery, Bregenz, 2004
  • Ulysses Gallery, Vienna, 2007

Participation in exhibitions (selection)

  • “Stone Age”, Tyrolean Art Pavilion , Innsbruck, 1986
  • Museum of Modern Art / Museum of the 20th Century, Vienna, 1987
  • "Wien - Vienna 1960 - 1990", Museum of Modern Art, Bozen, 1989
  • "Wien - Vienna 1960 - 1990" Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, 1990
  • "Origin and Modernity", New Gallery of the City of Linz, 1990
  • “La figura interiore”, Pordenone, 1991
  • “Wotruba and the Consequences”, Museum Würth and BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, 1994
  • “Sculpture Garden”, Poller Gallery, Frankfurt am Main, 1996
  • “The tip of the iceberg”, Kunsthalle Wien, 1998
  • “A common place. Sculptures, sculptures, objects ”. Lentos Museum Linz, 2006
  • "Albrecht and Contemporaries, Positions in Austrian Sculpture since 1945", Künstlerhaus Bregenz, 2007

Work in public collections

  • Graphic Collection Albertina, Vienna
  • Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts (Artothek Wien)
  • Salzburg State Collection Rupertinum
  • Culture Office of the City of Vienna
  • Culture Office of the City of Linz
  • Office of the Lower Austrian Provincial Government
  • Museum of Modern Art, Vienna
  • Lentos Art Museum Linz
  • Vienna Museum

literature

  • Peter Rosei / Design: A world without people, design for a journey without a destination. Illustrations by Franz Rosei, Residenzverlag Salzburg, 1975
  • Peter Rosei / Franz Rosei, I believe ..., in: Catalog Schapira & Beck, Vienna 1977
  • Peter Rosei / Franz Rosei, Von der Arbeit…, in: Catalog Künstlerhaus Salzburg and Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt 1979
  • Max Peintner , Commentaire, in: Catalog Xle Biennale de Paris, 1980
  • Otto Breicha, Austria for example, Residenz Verlag Salzburg 1983
  • Dieter Ronte, The torso as a questioning of the human being or of the holistic nature of the non-finito, in: Franz Rosei, sculptures and drawings, series of publications by the Museum of Modern Art, No. 22, Vienna 1984
  • Max Peintner, About three sculptures Roseis, in: Franz Rosei, sculptures and drawings, series of publications by the Museum of Modern Art, No. 22, Vienna 1984
  • Peter Weiermair, Direct cutting is the true way in sculpture ..., in: Catalog Stone Age, Innsbruck 1986
  • Kristian Sotriffer, Wien - Vienna 1960–1990, Nuove edizioni Gabriele Mazzotta, Milano 1989
  • Ines Höllwarth, Franz Rosei, in: Figure as a task, aspects of Austrian sculpture after 1945, sculptures and works on paper, Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, 1989
  • Peter Baum : Origin and Modernity, New Gallery of the City of Linz, 1990
  • Peter Rosei, Diskurs der Muster, notes on some figures by Franz Roseis, in: Parnass, Heft 3, Linz 1990, as well as in: Catalog Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, 1990
  • Giancarlo Pauletto, Franz Rosei, in: La figura interiore, edizioni d'arte - serie quadrata 53, 1991
  • Herbert Fidler, Visible Traces, Trend / Profil Verlag, Vienna 1994
  • Otto Breicha, Franz Rosei, in: Wotruba and the consequences, Austrian sculpture since 1945, Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, 1994
  • Sàrolta Schredl, aspects and situations in the work of Franz Rosei, in: Catalog Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck 1994
  • Peter Weiermair, Damaged Classicity: on the work of the sculptor Franz Rosei in: Franz Rosei, Sculptures 1970 to 2000, Catalog Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 2001
  • Franz Rosei, Steine ​​/ Ernst Novak, Felder, Gemini-Verlag, Berlin 2003
  • Peter Rosei, On the sculptures by Franz Roseis, in: Catalog Gallery Ulysses, Vienna, 2007

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personal data
SURNAME Rosei, Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1947
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna