Gerhard Lojen

Gerhard Lojen (born December 28, 1935 in Graz ; † December 17, 2005 there ) was an Austrian architect , painter and teacher .

Life

Lojen studied architecture, drawing and painting at the Graz University of Technology from 1954 to 1962 with Kurt Weber. From 1958 to 1977 he was a member of the Graz Secession and in 1977 co-founder of the artist group 77 in Graz. Study trips took him to Italy, Greece, Germany, Tunisia, Israel, Switzerland and Iran. From 1987 until 2000 he was director of the master school for painting at the Ortweinschule in Graz . His studio was on Plüddemanngasse. He died on December 16, 2005 after a brief, serious illness .

Lojen was a member of the KATV Norica Graz in the ÖKV .

Prizes and awards

• 1960 Purchase price from the BMfU at the Joanneum Art Prize
• 1970 Prize of the Kleine Zeitung at the Köflach Art Prize
• 1973/74 Pastoral Care Center Graz-Kroisbach (Architects Kapfhammer and Wegan), interior design
• 1974/75 1st prize in the competition »Memorial Soboth-Bundesstrasse and Execution« (steel sculpture)
• 1976 Art Prize of the City of Köflach
• 1977 Competition »Artistic Design of the State Vocational School Gleinstätten«: 1st prize
• 1980 Competition »Artistic Design at the Federal School Center Judenburg«: 1st prize and execution
• 1984 "Art in Housing" competition: 1st prize and partial execution of the project
• 1985 Art on time: Prize of the Graz cultural journalists
• 1985/86 Competition »Artistic Design at the University of Music and Performing Arts« 1st prize
• 1990 "Johannes Kepler Monument" competition in Graz: 1st prize and execution
• 1999 Prize of the State of Styria for fine arts

Web links

Commons : Gerhard Lojen  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

• Literature by and about Gerhard Lojen in the catalog of the German National Library
• "Gerhard Lojen is dead" (ORF)

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Entry on Baugeschichte.at