Hannes Rader

Hannes Rader (born July 19, 1940 in Linz ) is an Austrian set designer and illustrator .

Live and act

After graduating from the Kunstgewerbeschule Linz , subject commercial graphics , Rader studied from 1959 to 1962 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the master class of the German-Austrian set designer Caspar Neher . Rader then completed an apprenticeship in the theater studies seminar under Joseph Gregor , one of the leading theater scholars of his time, and Margret Dietrich , the longstanding collaborator of the Austrian theater researcher and successor to Heinz Kindermann at the University of Vienna .

Via the Austrian painter Herbert Boeckl , Rader found access to nude art , in particular to life drawing . During this time internships, especially those at the Vienna State Opera with Robert Kautsky and at the Vienna Volksoper with Walter von Hoesslin , significantly shaped Rader's further artistic and professional work.

Rader designed numerous illustrations for books and magazines, was a lecturer at the University of Klagenfurt and now lives in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee .

In 1963 he started working as a stage and costume designer at the Salzburg State Theater ; numerous engagements followed:

Hildesheim City Theater (1964–1965)
State Theater Linz (1965–1968)
Appointment as head of equipment at the Freiburg Theater (1968–1972)
Head of equipment and set designer at the Klagenfurt City Theater (1972–1992)
from 1992 freelance set designer at various theaters in Europe

Signature Hannes Rader

↑ Illustrations for books: z. B. Andersen, Hans Christian; Plattner, Rosemarie [arr.]: The Andersen fairy tale primer: the most beautiful fairy tales , youth and people, 1984, ISBN 3-224-11126-7

personal data
SURNAME	Rader, Hannes
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian set designer and illustrator
DATE OF BIRTH	July 19, 1940
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linz