Hans Gösta Nagl

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Hans Gösta Nagl (born April 16, 1910 in Bozen ; † February 24, 1995 in Linz ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Live and act

Nagl settled in Linz in 1920 and graduated there in 1928. He first studied at the Technical University of Vienna (technical physics), then moved to the University of World Trade in Vienna, where he graduated in 1933. He took evening courses with Paul Ikrath in Linz and refined his technique in self-study in Munich and Karlsruhe . In 1935 he joined the MAERZ artists' association . Until he was called up in 1940, he worked as a secretary to the management of a Linz brewery.

From 1945 he worked in Linz as a freelance artist, mainly with watercolor painting . Landscapes and motifs of technology were preferred objects in his work. He also dealt with industrial advertising graphics. Study trips led him a. a. to Norway and Sicily . He created an extensive documentation of numerous large buildings in the energy industry (storage and river power plants) in the Austrian Alps, on the Danube, on the Inn and on the Enns, as well as on major bridges for motorway construction and industrial facilities.

exhibition

Nagl's works were exhibited in group exhibitions in Linz:

  • On the Danube, River Stories of a City , Nordico (2014)
  • 100 years of MAERZ. The beginnings 1913 to 1938 , Norcico (2013)

Works

Paintings, drawings

Nagl's paintings were bought by the Upper Austrian State Museum, the City of Linz a. a. bought.

  • Winter Nordic seascape with a view of the city on the shore, oil on panel, 1943
  • Bomb ruins of the Volksgarten building, 1947
  • Mondsee - Wintertag, mixed media on cardboard, 1948
  • Motif by Ruttenschein, watercolor (purchased in 1960 Upper Austrian State Museum)
  • View from Haagen to Linz, oil on panel, 1965
  • Shipyard, oil on panel, 1967
  • Herbst im Ennstal (purchased in 1971 by the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts)
  • Ottensheim, watercolor (purchased in 1972 Upper Austria State Museum)
  • Motif at Lobenstein
  • Town with a bridge
  • Linz Accident Hospital, mixed technology o. D.
Essays, poems
  • Bergparadies Wurzeralm then and now in: News from the Linz section of the Austrian Alpine Club, year 26, Linz, 1974, episode 4, pp. 3 to 5
  • Dös bleda Hobby Horse The Mineral Collector, Association Journal of the United Mineral Collectors Austria, Volume 1, 1976

literature

  • Hans Gösta Nagl , landscape painting, Linz, 1987
  • Hans Vollmer : Hans Gösta Nagl in: General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century, 6 volumes, Leipzig, 1953 to 1958

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Hans Gösta Nagl , in: Web presence of Artothek des Bundes queried on November 19, 2015
  2. ↑ Hans Gösta Nagl , in: Press release 100 years of MAERZ, The beginnings 1913 to 1938 queried on November 20, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Nagl, Hans Gösta
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH April 16, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Bolzano
DATE OF DEATH February 24, 1995
Place of death Linz