Helmut Michael Berger
Helmut Michael Berger (* 1925 in Pertisau am Achensee in Tyrol; † April 13, 2013 ) was an Austrian painter , graphic artist and restorer .
Life
Berger became deaf at the age of 14 and turned to artistic activities. He studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and then at the Art School of the City of Linz with Herbert Dimmel .
His representational pictures had only moderate success at first, but he stayed with this genre. His workshop was on the northern outskirts of Linz on Maderleithnerweg, where he had space for his versatility and made drawings, woodcuts and paintings. He worked on religious motifs and depicted people and landscapes of the Mühlviertel with great clarity.
The artist belonged to the professional association of Austrian visual artists (Upper Austria section) and was awarded the professional title of professor .
Works
Works by the artist are u. a. in the art collection of the province of Upper Austria:
- Artistic design of the Brother Klaus Church in Doppl (Leonding community) (1964)
- Monumental painted crucifix for the parish church of St. Leopold in Urfahr (1990s)
- Color- intensive four-part screen for the chapel of the Christkindl regional care center (2004)
- Together with Theodor Bohdanowicz - restoration of the wall paintings on the ground floor of the Nordico
- Renovation of the frescoes in the Garsten collegiate church and in the Spital am Pyhrn collegiate church as well as in the Christkindl pilgrimage church
- Resurrection representation in the prayer room of the living environment Schenkenfelden (facility for deaf-blind people )
Exhibitions
- 1955 Linz Castle Museum (early work)
- 2001 retrospective with works from 1943 to 2001 in the gallery of the Professional Association of Austrian Artists (Upper Austria section) in the Ursulinenhof
- 2015 Deaf hearing - lively design. Helmut Michael Berger (1925–2013), Matthäus Fellinger (1924–2002). bvoö - Association of Artists in Upper Austria, April 8-29, 2015 in the Ursulinenhof
literature
- Helmut Michael Berger: On the Seventy-Five , in: 2001 annual journal of the Professional Association of Austrian Visual Artists, Upper Austria Section, Linz, 2001
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Annual journal of the Association of Artists in Upper Austria BVOÖ; Volume November 2015 ( Online )
- ↑ Linz painter Helmut Michael Berger (87) dead, in: Neues Linzer Volksblatt, online edition of April 17, 2013 ( page no longer available , search in web archives ) Info: The link was automatically marked as defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Artists represented in KUNSTSAMMLUNG (as of July 2009) (PDF; 223 kB)
- ↑ Otto Wutzel : Confessional work of church art from a young Linz native - Uniform concept of architecture and painting, in: Linzer Volksblatt, No. 75, Linz 1964
- ↑ The Linz artist Prof. Helmut Michael Berger painted a four-part screen for the chapel of the LPBZT Christkindl, in: Webpräsenz des OÖ. Regional care and care center Christkindl , queried on April 17, 2013
- ^ Report on the uncovering and report on the restoration, in: Kunstjahrbuch der Stadt Linz, Linz 1974
- ^ Obituary in the church newspaper of the Diocese of Linz on April 17, 2013 , requested on April 18, 2013
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Berger, Helmut Michael |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, graphic artist and restorer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1925 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Pertisau am Achensee in Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | April 13, 2013 |