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Gottfried Fabian, 1956

Gottfried Fabian (born June 22, 1905 in Blasewitz near Dresden ; † May 30, 1984 in Voitsberg , Austria ) was a German-Austrian painter and graphic artist .

biography

After graduating from the humanistic grammar school in Dresden , Gottfried Fabian enrolled at the University of Leipzig in 1924 together with Hans Hartung , with whom he had been friends since school , but returned to Dresden after a year and continued his studies there at the Academy of Arts , the Academy for Applied Arts and the Technical University . He passed his state examination as an art teacher in 1930 and worked as a painter, draftsman and teacher in Dresden from 1932 to 1939. As early as 1923 he participated in exhibitions of the Saxon Art Association . In 1937 he married Emma Körbitz, who had trained as a ceramist at the Kunstgewerbeschule in Graz.

At the beginning of the Second World War he entered the military (with several missions at the front), in 1945 he was taken prisoner of war in Yugoslavia, from which he was only released at the end of December 1948. He did not return to Germany, but settled in Voitsberg in Styria, where his wife already lived with their five-year-old son. In addition to working in a brick factory owned by his father-in-law, which he later took over management, he devoted himself again to his artistic work with great energy, with a marked transition from purely figurative painting to abstraction. The connection to contemporary modernism was made through the mediation of Willem Sandberg , who enabled him to participate in a representative exhibition of Austrian artists in the Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam in 1956.

“Fabian never tries to flatter, a real puritan, loner, independently he overcomes any aesthetic and develops an independent visual language. -
Pictures, always in motion, the handwriting sometimes nervous, violent, impetuous, then again very calm, clear and direct, looking at us we experience emotions of the soul, arguments, arguments, lightning, thunderstorms and also peaceful grace together: an autobiography that has no incidents noted, but stipulates conditions for him and for us. "

- Willem Sandberg, 1977 : see Bohunovsky / Skreiner, 1985, p. 25.

From 1960 to 1977 he was a member of the Graz Secession , with Hans Hartung in Paris he was again on friendly terms after a long break due to war and imprisonment. In 1963 he was granted Austrian citizenship. His artistic work was recognized not only through exhibitions at home and abroad, but also through awards from the country. In the last decade of his life, thanks to his special initiative, he was able to establish the artists' association "Gruppe 77" (named after 1977). Together with Hans Hartung and Anna-Eva Bergman, an exhibition was organized in the Musée Picasso in Antibes in 1985 , but he was no longer able to experience it because he died in Voitsberg in May 1984.

Gottfried Fabian paints the Styrian autumn

Awards

Works in public collections

Exhibitions

Painting Gottfried Fabian
  • 1923: Sächsischer Kunstverein Dresden (1st exhibition)
  • 1956: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam
  • 1957: Galerie Arnaud, Paris
  • 1960: "Austrian Painting", London
  • 1963: "Trigon 63", Graz
  • 1963: Gallery in the Greek Beisl, Vienna
  • 1965: "Trigon 65", Graz
  • 1966: Gallery in the Greek Beisl, Vienna
  • 1968: Gallery Dr. Eder, Köflach
  • 1968: Municipal art gallery, Bochum
  • 1970: Galleria d'Arte, Venezia
  • 1971: Gallery in the Greek Beisl, Vienna
  • 1975: New gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
  • 1978: modern art gallery, Vienna
  • 1980: Galerie Alberstraße - Droschl, Graz
  • 1980: Carinthia Gallery, Klagenfurt
  • 1982: Gallery Dr. Eder, Köflach
  • 1982: Künstlerhaus, Graz
  • 1983: Carinthia Gallery, Klagenfurt
  • 1984: City Museum, Graz (together with F. Wittig)
  • 1985: Musée Picasso, Antibes (together with H. Hartung & A.-E. Bergman)
  • 1985: New gallery at the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz
  • 1985: Carinthia Gallery, Ossiach
  • 1985: "art '16", Basel (Carinthia Gallery)
  • 1993: Galerie Leonhard, Graz
  • 1995: Galerie Leonhard, Graz
  • 2002: Galerie Leonhard, Graz
  • 2002: Gallery at the factory, Spital am Pyhrn
  • 2003: Gallery at the factory, Spital am Pyhrn (together with Hannes Schwarz )
  • 2005: Galerie Contact, Vienna
  • 2005: Kunsthaus Köflach (complete works for the 100th birthday)
  • 2007: artmark gallery, Vienna
  • 2005–2017: Galerie Leonhard, Graz (regular exhibitions)
  • 2017: artmark Galerie, Vienna (30 years of artmark)
  • 2018: Neue Galerie Graz, art controversies. Styrian positions 1945–1967 (group exhibition)

literature

  • Bohunovsky, Irmgard / Skreiner, Wilfried: Gottfried Fabian. Edition Galerie Carinthia (Klagenfurt 1985), 175 pp.
  • Fabian, Gottfried: Lines. Droschl Verlag (Graz 1980), 45 sheets.
  • Rubinig, Richard: “Color thinkers, line artists, adventurers, idealists. The fine arts in Graz since 1945 ”, in: Strahalm, Werner: Graz - A City History. On the history of art and culture from 1945, ed. by W. Steinböck. Edition Strahalm (Graz 1989), pp. 451-464.
  • Schwarzmann, Karl Heinz: "Gottfried Fabian", in: The West Styrian painter's area. A center of Styrian modernism. Leykam Verlag (Graz 2006), pp. 72–111.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Sezession Graz: Former and active members. December 23, 2016, accessed June 3, 2018 .
  2. ↑ In memory of Gottfried Fabian, the initiator of Group 77. (PDF) Group 77, Graz, Austria, accessed on June 29, 2018 .
  3. ^ Founding of Gruppe 77. December 23, 2016, accessed on June 3, 2018 .
  4. ^ City portal of the provincial capital Graz, Sabine Reszler: Deceased honorary holders in silver - city portal of the provincial capital Graz. Retrieved August 2, 2020 .
  5. ↑ Promotion Prize of the State of Styria for Contemporary Fine Art 2008 - Exhibition | New Gallery Graz. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .
  6. ^ Steirischer herbst: Art Prize of the City of Köflach for contemporary painting 1968 / steirischer herbst 1968 / years / archive / home - steirischer herbst. Retrieved on June 4, 2018 (German).
  7. ↑ Appreciation award of the state of Styria for fine arts. (PDF) (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on April 7, 2016 ; accessed on June 5, 2018 .
  8. ↑ ALBERTINA online - database search. Retrieved June 29, 2018 .
  9. ^ Lentos Art Museum Linz. October 5, 2018, accessed October 5, 2018 .
  10. ↑ Gottfried Fabian. Retrieved August 2, 2020 .
  11. ↑ 2020 - Exhibitions - Museum Liaunig. Retrieved August 2, 2020 .
  12. ↑ Gottfried Fabian. Retrieved October 5, 2018 .
  13. ↑ Art controversies - permanent exhibition | New Gallery Graz. Retrieved August 2, 2020 .
  14. ^ Trigon 63. Neue Galerie Graz, accessed on June 9, 2018 .
  15. ^ Trine 65: Italy, Yugoslavia, Austria. Retrieved June 3, 2018 .
  16. ↑ on the occasion of an exhibition in the Greek Beisl. Galerie Leonard, accessed June 9, 2018 .
  17. ↑ steirischer herbst: Gottfried Fabian painting / steirischer herbst 1968 / years / archive / home - steirischer herbst. Retrieved June 29, 2018 (German).
  18. ↑ Archive: Lot 0961 - im Kinsky auction house. Retrieved June 29, 2018 (German).
  19. ^ Landesmuseum Joanneum Graz: Annual Report 1980 (PDF) Retrieved on June 9, 2018 .
  20. ↑ DADABASE The Museum of Modern Art. Retrieved on June 4, 2018 .
  21. ↑ a b Galerie Leonhard Graz. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  22. ^ Basis wien: basis wien - Gottfried Fabian (1905–1984). Selected images. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  23. ^ Basis wien: basis wien - Gottfried Fabian, Hannes Schwarz. Retrieved June 9, 2018 .
  24. ^ Rubikon advertising agency Graz: artmark - The art gallery in Vienna. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
  25. ↑ Art controversies - permanent exhibition | New Gallery Graz. Retrieved September 6, 2018 .
personal data
SURNAME Fabian, Gottfried
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German-Austrian painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH June 22, 1905
PLACE OF BIRTH Blasewitz near Dresden
DATE OF DEATH May 30, 1984
Place of death Voitsberg , Austria