Hans Bren

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Hans Bren (* 1900 ; † 1974 ) was an Austrian painter , graphic artist and medalist .

Life

Hans Bren studied from 1922 to 1926 at the Vienna School of Applied Arts with Franz Čižek , Viktor Schufinsky , Adolf Böhm , Erich Mallina and Bertold Löffler . He then entered the service of the City of Vienna as a civil servant ( City Treasury). In 1925 he was represented for the first time in the Hagenbund . From 1929 to 1938 he was a member. After 1947 he rarely took part in exhibitions.

As a painter, Hans Bren was known for his landscapes and figure pictures in strong colors. After 1945 there were also abstract tendencies. In addition to painting, he also devoted himself to pen drawings and woodcuts . Bren has created illustrations for magazines and newspapers.

In 2001 he had a solo exhibition in the Anton Hanak Museum in Langenzersdorf and in 2002 in the District Museum in Vienna-Penzing .

Awards

  • Eitelberger Prize of the Vienna School of Applied Arts

literature

  • Peter Chrastek: Expressive, New Objective , Forbidden. Hagenbund and its artists. Vienna 1900–1938. Vienna Museum and Association of Friends and Scientific Research of the Hagenbund, Vienna 2016, ISBN 978-3-9504059-1-0 .
  • Matthias Boeckl, Agnes Husslein-Arco , Harald Krejci (eds.): Hagenbund. A European network of modernity (1900–1938). Exhibition catalog Austrian Gallery Belvedere Vienna. Munich 2014, ISBN 978-3-7774-2273-2 .
  • Vernissage - the magazine for current exhibition events. Vienna 2001.
  • Tobias G. Natter (Ed.): The lost modernity. The Hagen Artists Association 1900–1938. Exhibition catalog Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 7 May to 26 October 1993 (temporary exhibition of the Österreichische Galerie, 172).
  • Artist of the Hagenbund. Exhibition catalog Anton Hanak-Museum, Langenzersdorf May to November 1989.
  • Robert Waissenberger (Ed.): Hagenbund. Exhibition catalog Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, Vienna September 18 to November 30, 1975 (40th special exhibition of the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna).
  • First major Austrian art exhibition in 1947. Painting, sculpture, graphics, applied arts. Exhibition catalog. Künstlerhaus Vienna, June to September 1947.
  • Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present, Vol. A – D. Vienna 1980.
  • Saur General Artist Lexicon. The visual artists of all times and peoples. Vol. XIV.
  • Austrian art. 1929/30, issue 7.

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personal data
SURNAME Bren, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH 1900
DATE OF DEATH 1974