Hans Strigl

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Hans Strigl (born December 13, 1897 in Linz ; † February 17, 1956 there ) was an Austrian painter .

He is considered one of the first abstract painters in Upper Austria .

Live and act

Strigl studied Jus at the University of Innsbruck and World Trade at the University of Vienna was, by profession a regional school and teacher at the Academy of Commerce Linz .

His attention to painting began after completing his studies in 1924, whereby he trained himself as a self-taught teacher in addition to his work in school. In 1926 he became a member of the artists' association MAERZ and in 1929 went on a study trip to Albania with Egon Hofmann . From 1934 to 1938 he was a member of the Federal Culture Council, an institution of the Austro-Fascist corporate state . In 1938 and 1944 he was arrested as a resistance fighter and released from school.

In 1945 he founded the professional association of fine artists of Upper Austria , was a member and its first president until 1950, advised the city of Linz on the establishment of the Linz Art Academy in 1946/1947 and returned to teaching.

Works

Strigl initially created flower pictures and finally portraits and landscapes . At the age of 46 he painted his first non-representational picture . He endeavored to adequately implement inner experiences in an artistic form. He saw his compositions in the combination of music and visual form as objects of meditation. The expression of the immaterial should be heightened by the transparency and luminosity of the predominantly light colors.

Exhibitions

  • 1957 Memorial exhibition in the New Gallery of the City of Linz (today Lentos )
  • 1968 Hans Strigl - 1897 to 1956: From his abstract work , in the New Gallery of the City of Linz on the occasion of his 70th birthday.
  • 1998 Spiritual abstraction in the Nordico and the Albertina Vienna on the occasion of his 100th birthday

literature

  • Egon Oberhuber: Hans Strigl 1897 to 1956. In: Oberösterreichische Heimatblätter . Volume 22, issue 3/4, July to December 1968, online (PDF) in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  • Strigl, Hans . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 4 : Q-U . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1958, p. 377 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ 100 Years of MAERZ - The Beginnings 1913 to 1938. ( Memento of the original from November 18, 2015 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. in: Press release of the City of Linz for the exhibition from February 15 to May 20, 2013 in the Nordico City Museum Linz, website of the City of Linz @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.linz.at
  2. ↑ Hans Strigl, painter, lawyer, professor. ( Memento of the original from May 29, 2012 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. in: Artemons website @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.artemons.at
  3. ↑ Hans Strigl, Vita. ( Memento of the original from March 25, 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. In: Michaela Pappernig (adaptation): Art of the 20th Century, inventory catalog of the Austrian Gallery of the 20th Century. Volume 4: S-Z. Österreichische Galerie Belvedere (editor), Vienna 2001, p. 128  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / digital.belvedere.at
  4. ^ Walter Kasten: New Gallery of the City of Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum. Memorial exhibition of Hans Strigl 1897 to 1956. February to March 1957, 12 sheets, Linz 1957
  5. ^ Konrad Oberhuber: Hans Strigl, 1897 to 1956. For his 70th birthday. From his abstract work. New gallery of the city of Linz, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum. May 25 to June 16, 1968 , catalog, 8 sheets, Linz 1968
  6. ↑ Spiritual abstractions. in: Information material for the press conference of museum director Dr. Willibald Katzinger from July 10, 1998 in the Nordico
personal data
SURNAME Strigl, Hans
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH December 13, 1897
PLACE OF BIRTH Linz
DATE OF DEATH 17th February 1956
Place of death Linz