Gunter Damisch
Gunter Damisch (born May 20, 1958 in Steyr ; † April 30, 2016 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and sculptor . He is one of the new savages .
Life
Gunter Damisch attended the Musikgymnasium Linz and then studied medicine, German and history for a few semesters. After attending the International Summer Academy of Fine Arts in Salzburg with Claus Pack , he studied from 1978 to 1983 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Maximilian Melcher and Arnulf Rainer . In 1992 he took on a visiting professorship at the Vienna Academy (master class for graphics ) in Vienna, and since 1998 he has been a full professor there.
In the 1980s Damisch was a member of the Viennese punk band Molto Brutto , where he played bass and organ .
Gunter Damisch lived and worked in Vienna and Freidegg . He was one of the most important international representatives of contemporary Austrian art because of his unmistakable, convincing and consistently formulated repertoire of colors and shapes.
In April 2016 he succumbed to cancer and was buried in an honorary grave of the City of Vienna in the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 33G, number 9).
Awards
- 1983 Römerquelle art competition
- 1985 Otto Mauer Prize , Max Weiler Prize
- 1991 Karl Rössing Prize
- 1995 City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts
- 1996 Anton Faistauer Prize for Painting from the State of Salzburg
- Prize at the 2nd International Graphic Triennial, Prague
- 1998 Culture Prize of the Province of Upper Austria for Fine Arts
- 2011 Lower Austrian Culture Prize Appreciation Prize for Fine Arts
Public collections
Germany
- Art gallery in Emden , Emden
Austria
- Essl Collection - Kunsthaus, Klosterneuburg
- State gallery at the Upper Austrian State Museum , Linz
- Lower Austrian State Museum , St. Pölten
- Ploner Collection , Vienna
- Angerlehner Museum , Thalheim near Wels
Web links
- Literature by and about Gunter Damisch in the catalog of the German National Library
- Gunter Damisch's website
- Entry on Gunter Damisch in the database of the state's memory for the history of the state of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
- Gunter Damisch in the video portrait from CastYourArt, 2013
- 1 View of Hallein 2008 [1]
Individual evidence
- ^ Gunter Damisch in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
- ^ Painter Gunter Damisch is dead , orf.at, April 30, 2016, accessed on April 30, 2016
- ↑ Gunter Damisch on morgen.at (PDF) ; queried on January 8, 2016
- ↑ Gunter Damisch in: Galerie Thoman, Vienna, Innsbruck ( Memento of the original from April 30, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. ; queried on April 30, 2016.
- ↑ derstandard.at: Painter Gunter Damisch is dead
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Damisch, Gunter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and sculptor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | May 20, 1958 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steyr |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 30, 2016 |
| Place of death | Vienna |