Fritz Berger (painter)

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Fritz Berger (born June 26, 1916 in Innsbruck , † 2002 ) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Fritz Berger attended the Federal Trade School in Innsbruck and studied from 1937 to 1944 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Karl Sterrer . During World War II he lost his right arm and right eye.

After the war he worked as a set designer, illustrator and painter. In 1948 he took part in the Jeunes peintres tyroliens d'avantgarde exhibition organized by the French Cultural Institute . For many years he was in charge of the gallery at the Grillhof in Vill and led numerous adult education courses. Berger was artistically active in a variety of ways and created portraits, posters, illustrations, caricatures and stage sets as well as designs for tapestries and pottery. He designed numerous murals using fresco , germ color and sgraffito technology as well as ceramic panels, especially on public buildings as part of the Tyrolean art-in-building campaign in the post-war period.

His son is the cameraman Christian Berger .

Awards

Works

Sgraffito on the former teacher's house in Absam (1953)
  • Sgraffito with children playing in nature, elementary school (today Ganghofer Museum ), Leutasch , 1950
  • Sgraffito with scenes from Absam village life, former teacher's house, Absam , 1953
  • Sgraffito with mountain landscape, city view, St. Johannes d. T. and family, Tragseil farm, Lans , 1953
  • Mural school children, animals and landscape, Wattenberg primary school , 1953
  • Wall painting, Mandeslbergerstrasse vocational school, Innsbruck- Wilten , 1956
  • Sgraffito, residential building Schöpfstraße 49, Innsbruck, 1958
  • Sgraffito on the corner bay, Gries primary school in Sellrain , around 1958
  • Sgraffiti on the subject of wine, Leopoldstrasse 41a residential building, Innsbruck-Wilten, 1959
  • Façade paintings, urban housing estate Dr.-Glatz-Straße, Innsbruck- Pradl , 1958
  • Murals with scenes from the federal states and fairy tale pictures, Pradl-Ost double elementary school, 1956–1960
  • Facade mosaic, residential building Ing.-Thommen-Str. 5, Innsbruck-Wilten, around 1960

literature

  • Christoph Bertsch (Ed.): Art in Tyrol, 20th century: significantly expanded and revised inventory catalog of the collection of the Institute for Art History at the University of Innsbruck including documentation of legacies and bequests in two volumes. Volume 1, Innsbruck 1997, pp. 128–131 ( urn: nbn: at: at-ubi: 2-7284 )

Web links

Commons : Fritz Berger  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Verena Konrad: Between the center and the periphery. The development of art in North Tyrol since 1945. In: Office of the Tyrolean provincial government and the South Tyrolean provincial government (ed.): Culture reports 2006: Fine arts. Innsbruck / Bozen 2006, pp. 11–17 ( PDF; 179 kB )
  2. ↑ Silvana Resch: The film painter . In: Tiroler Tageszeitung, Österreichischer Rundfunk, Landesstudio Tirol, Casinos Austria AG (ed.): Tirol seen from the inside: Conversation with contemporary witnesses . Haymon, Innsbruck 2016, ISBN 978-3-7099-7279-3 ( digitized in the Google book search).
  3. ↑ City of Innsbruck: Prize of the state capital Innsbruck for artistic creation (PDF; 197 kB)
  4. ↑ Franckenstein, Wiesauer: Ganghofermuseum, former elementary school. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
  5. ^ Land Tirol: Protected positions
  6. ↑ Arnold, Wiesauer: Einhof, divided across, middle floor plan, support cable, former Schröckhengut. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
  7. ^ Knofler, Schmid-Pittl: Art in building on public buildings: elementary school. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
  8. ^ Tiroler Fachberufsschule in Innsbruck - Skilled trades interpreted artistically (around 1956) , Kulturraum Tirol
  9. ↑ Müller, Wiesauer: Art in building on public buildings: Sgraffito The four seasons (?). In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
  10. ^ Frick, Wiesauer: elementary school and kindergarten. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
  11. ^ Müller, Wiesauer: Art in building on public buildings: Sgraffito wine. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
  12. ↑ Apartment block. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
  13. ^ Office of the Tyrolean provincial government, cultural department (ed.): Culture reports from Tyrol 2007. 60th monument report. Innsbruck 2007, pp. 48–51 ( PDF; 10.7 MB )
  14. ↑ Residential building, apartment building. In: Tyrolean art register . Retrieved December 7, 2016 .
personal data
SURNAME Berger, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH June 26, 1916
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH 2002