Georg Mayer-Marton
Georg Mayer-Marton (born June 3, 1897 in Győr , † August 8, 1960 in Liverpool ) was an Austrian painter from the interwar period who emigrated to Great Britain in 1938 .
Life
Mayer-Marton first studied at the Vienna Academy with Josef Jungwirth and then in Munich . From 1925 until its dissolution in 1938 he was a member, later also secretary and vice-president of the Hagenbund in Vienna.
In 1938 he emigrated to London . In exile he had to neglect his own artistic activity until the early 1950s, as he taught at an art school in order to earn a living. In 1940 a large part of his work was destroyed in a bomb attack.
In 1923 he married the pianist Greta Fried. His older brother was killed in the First World War . His mother and younger brother were victims of the Holocaust . After the death of his wife in 1952, he taught in Liverpool .
Honors
- 1928 and 1936: Honorary Prize of the City of Vienna
- 1937: Décoration de Chevalier de l Ordre de Leopold II of Belgium
Exhibitions
- Memorial Exhibition, 1960, Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool
- Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, 1976
- Hagenbund, Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, 1978
- Who Left Us, Austrian Gallery, Vienna, 1980
- Retrospective, Austrian Gallery, Vienna, 1986
- Art in Exile, Berlin, London, Vienna, 1985/86
- Centenary Exhibition, Győr, 1997
- "Unspeakable" - Imperial War Museum, London, 2008
- Forced Journeys: Artists in Exile in Britain c 1933 45, Ben Uri Gallery London, 2009
- Gallery at the Opera, Vienna, 2014
- Hagenbund, Lower Belvedere, Vienna, 2014/15
Web links
- Literature by and about Georg Mayer-Marton in the catalog of the German National Library
- Mayer-Marton homepage
- Aries art trade
- Imperial War Museum - "Unspeakable" exhibition
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Mayer-Marton, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 3, 1897 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Győr |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 8, 1960 |
| Place of death | Liverpool |