Gerhard Frömel

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Gerhard Frömel (* 1941 in Grieskirchen ) is an Austrian painter , graphic artist , sculptor , object artist and university professor .

Live and act

After completing an apprenticeship as a sign painter from 1955 to 1959 and working for a few years, Frömel studied commercial graphics with Erich Buchegger at the Linz Art School from 1965 to 1969 . From 1975 to 2003 he taught at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz . Since 1975 he has dealt with constructive / conceptual art. The artist has been a member of the MAERZ artists' association since 1982 . He lives in Wolfsegg am Hausruck and in Hallein-Rehhof .

Works

His works are part of the concrete art that is reduced to a few essential forms and contents. The artistic path leads from the image to the object and the room installation. The artist expresses his search for a new quality of life through encounter. The objects and room installations in particular involve the viewer to a large extent in this search and require their concentration. His works are in numerous public collections.

Exhibitions (selection)

Frömel has presented his works since 1979 in solo and group exhibitions in public and private galleries at home and abroad.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Heidi Bierwisch, exhibition catalog , in: Web presence of Galerie Lindner, Vienna queried on December 28, 2015
  2. ^ Work by Gerhard Frömel in public collections in: Web presence of the Mariette Haas Gallery, Ingolstadt queried on December 28, 2015
  3. ↑ Gerhard Frömel in: Web presence of Galerie Konkret, Martin Woern, Sulzburg, Breisgau, Germany queried on December 28, 2015
  4. ↑ List of Gerhard Frömel's solo exhibitions, in: Webpräsenz der Galerie Lindner, Vienna queried on December 28, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Frömel, Gerhard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian sculptor, painter, draftsman, object artist and university lecturer
DATE OF BIRTH 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Grieskirchen