Fritz Föttinger

Fritz Föttinger (* 14. September 1939 in Bayreuth ) is a German painter , dialect writer, graphic artist and ceramist .

After graduating from high school, he studied at the University of Education in Bayreuth. From 1963 to 1988 he was a primary school teacher in the Bayreuth district. He married in 1987 and became a freelance artist in 1988. In addition to his work as a painter and graphic artist, he is also a writer . He particularly tried to put the East Franconian dialect into writing. For his pictures, which were shown in numerous exhibitions, he received several cultural awards. He was a companion of Peter Coler for years .

Publications

• Do freisdi fei drieba Franconian dialect . Poems in the Bayreuth dialect, ill. by the author, Obernsees 1979
• Watch your mouth - dialect in the Bayreuth district , Bayreuth 1982
• Painting, graphics, ceramics, poems Painting, graphics, ceramics, poems , Bayreuth 1990
• Fritz Föttinger painting 1991–1994 , Bayreuth 1994
• Fritz Föttinger Paintings and Texts 1994–1999 , Bayreuth 1999
• Wegwarte a Franconian herbarium , Bayreuth 2001
• Terra nova: Pictures and Texts 2004–2005 , Mistelgau-Obernsees 2005

Awards

• 1989: Culture Prize in the Bayreuth district
• 1991: Art Prize of the Working Group of Independent Entrepreneurs / Federal Association of Young Entrepreneurs
• 1999: Culture Prize of the Upper Franconian Foundation

Web links

• Literature by and about Fritz Föttinger in the catalog of the German National Library
• Atelier Föttinger