Günter Waldorf
Günter Waldorf , actually Günter Stessl (born March 2, 1924 in Graz , † October 31, 2012 in Graz) was an Austrian painter , draftsman and boxer.
Life
Günter Waldorf completed his training as a color lithographer and attended the master class for art and painting in Graz. His teachers included Alfred Wickenburg and Fritz Silberbauer .
After the Second World War he was Styrian boxing champion several times .
In 1953 he and other Styrian artists founded the artists' association Junge Gruppe in Weiz . In 1958 he was instrumental in founding the Forum Stadtpark in Graz, a center for modern art, literature and music. From 1960 he edited the magazine manuscripts with Alfred Kolleritsch . In 1966 he initiated the International Painting Weeks, an annual event organized by the Neue Galerie Graz .
He was married to the painter Elga Maly (1921–1989).
Awards
- 1965 art medal from the city of Graz
- 1977 Art Prize of the City of Köflach
- 1980 Prize of the State of Styria for fine arts
- 1982: professional title professor
- 1984: Great Gold Medal of Honor of the State of Styria
- 1994: Ring of Honor of the State of Styria
Represented in the following collections
- Albertina graphic collection
- Austrian Gallery Belvedere
- Institute for the Promotion of the Arts in Austria - New Gallery of the City of Linz
- New Gallery Graz
- Collection of the Styrian Chamber of Commerce
- Humanic Collection
- Other private collections
Web links
- Literature by and about Günter Waldorf in the catalog of the German National Library
- Prof. Günter Waldorf on the website of the City of Graz
- Günter Waldorf on the culture server Graz
- Günter Waldorf in basis Vienna
- Graz painter Günter Waldorf has died , obituary by Walter Titz in the Kleine Zeitung , December 2, 2012
- Part of the Kleine Zeitung online (PDF; 28 kB)
Footnotes
- ↑ Günter Waldorf is dead. In: ORF . December 2, 2012, accessed May 8, 2013 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Waldorf, Günter |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Stessl, Günter (real name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, draftsman and boxer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 2, 1924 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Graz |
| DATE OF DEATH | October 31, 2012 |
| Place of death | Graz |