Heinz Anger

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Heinz Anger (born July 23, 1941 in Karlstetten , Lower Austria ) is an Austrian painter .

Life

From 1945 Heinz Anger attended elementary and secondary school in the 10th district of Vienna . In 1955 he joined the graphic teaching and research institute (Vienna 7th), where he learned the drawing trade from Karl Zecho (1896–1965) and Rudolf Reinkenhof (1905–1980). In 1959 Anger began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna , first with Sergius Pauser and from 1960 in the class of Albert Paris Gütersloh .

Since 1961 Anger works as a freelance commercial artist in advertising and next as a painter .

Portrait of Leonie Rysanek, oil 1962

In 1962 he was commissioned to paint a portrait of the chamber singer Leonie Rysanek . In addition, he created a series of pictures in the style of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism . From 1970 onwards, Anger's style was based on Richard Lindner and Hans Bellmer ; his pictures from this period were shown in 1976 in the Viotti Gallery in Turin.

In 1979 he developed a new style of painting, which he calls definitely “his”. In 1986 Hans Bankl gave him the opportunity to draw in the pathology department of his hospital. In 1987 Anger's first solo exhibition took place in the Galerie Zentrum in Vienna; A second followed in 1989 and a third in 1992. From 1994 he made annual trips to Venice ; oil paintings and watercolors were created. In 2000 his first exhibition took place in the Tulbingerkogel Gallery in Mauerbach , followed by another in 2002. Since then he has had exhibitions in galleries in Vienna and the surrounding area.

painting

Heinz Anger's works belong to representational art. While the portraits , groups of figures and still lifes play an important role alongside the landscapes in the oil paintings , the depictions of landscapes dominate in the watercolors and lithographs .

Sun in the fish pond, watercolor 1986

"Anger's pictures are unmistakable, his light reveals him, like his colors, the strong yellow, the deep blue, the violet, and his courage for the motif, which is not afraid to combine an atmospheric fish pond with the symbol of the sun [.. ..] Anger is an eminent landscape painter and watercolorist who, in keeping with Austrian tradition, often elevates the undemanding motif to the content of the picture: forest interior, snow-covered paths, cellar lanes, ponds and rivulets, decaying farmsteads [....] While the painter is at the Seeking to represent the truth in nature approaches Waldmüller's ideals, with his symbolism and impressionistic design he is closer to Van Gogh , Klimt and also Franz Wiegele "

- Regine Schmidt, Head of the 20th Century Collection, Austrian Gallery, Belvedere

Individual evidence

  1. ^ The painter Heinz Anger, 1992, foreword, pages 12, 13, Edition Galerie Zentrum, Vienna

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personal data
SURNAME Anger, Heinz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 23, 1941
PLACE OF BIRTH Karlstetten , Austria