Günther Kraus

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Günther Kraus (born August 20, 1930 in Klagenfurt , † February 19, 1988 in Vienna ) was an Austrian visual artist.

Life

Stained glass window of the Machstrasse parish church

From 1944 to 1949 Kraus studied painting and graphics , as well as heraldry , mosaic studies and sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . Study visits to New York , Philadelphia , Mexico , Tokyo and Paris followed . Impressed by the lively art scene abroad, Günther Kraus worked on his first Pop Art projects in Austria in the early 1950s . With his sensational exhibitions he belongs to the avant-garde of the 1950s and 1960s.

With his design of the parliament in Ankara in 1951 he caused a great stir. Contract work followed at home and abroad.

In the same year he developed the plan for a pedestrian zone for Vienna . In the 1960s the city showed an interest in his idea and in 1974 he won the international competition for the design of the pedestrian zone Stephansplatz. The draft was not implemented.

During his personal at the Vienna Secession in 1956 he met his future wife Margarethe Herzele . Joint projects and exhibitions followed. The artist couple lived mainly in Vienna and Carinthia. Her daughter Titanilla Eisenhart , born in 1961 , also became an artist.

Günther Kraus founded an artist group with Margarethe Herzele, Ludwig Merwart , Theo Braun and Peter Baum . Several joint exhibitions followed. With the sculptor Otto Eder , he founded the Krastal Sculpture Symposium .

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personal data
SURNAME Kraus, Günther
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kraus, Guenther
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist, painter
DATE OF BIRTH 20th August 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt
DATE OF DEATH 19th February 1988
Place of death Vienna