Herbert Friedl
Herbert Friedl (born November 22, 1943 in Unterweitersdorf ; † July 27, 2018 ) was an Austrian painter , graphic artist , interior and object designer.
Live and act
Friedl came from a working-class family of peasant origin and initially completed an apprenticeship as a carpenter before he attended the graphic design department at the Technical College in Linz . For years he was a guest student at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz and took part in several artist symposia and summer academies. From 1978 he worked as a freelancer in the fields of painting, printmaking, object and room design. He lived and worked in Pregarten and Linz, dealing with his immediate, formative living space.
While he was making etchings in the late 1970s , he began creating abstract, symbolic woodcut images from the early 1990s . From 1999 he made works using the mezzotint technique . He took part in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad and was repeatedly prizewinner in competitions. Several exhibition catalogs have been published, and radio and television programs about individual projects and works have been produced by him.
Several of his cycles received a lot of attention for their own way of resisting the strategy of forgetting.
Friedl designed a number of meditation and sacred rooms, including the euthanasia memorial in Hartheim Castle from 1999 to 2003 .
Friedl was a member of the Zülow Group , the Professional Association of Fine Artists of Upper Austria and the Upper Austrian Art Association .
Works
Works by Friedl in public space:
- Donaukiesel in front of the pastoral care center Solarcity
- Mollner memorial for the civilian victims of National Socialism
- Interior design of the parish church in Treffling
Illustrations
- Heribert Erhart: Nobody wanted to have done it / Texts and pictures for the Mühlviertel rabbit hunt , Grünbach, 1996
Solo exhibitions
- Shadow Worlds - Herbert Friedl / Printmaking, Kubin House in Zwickledt, Wernstein am Inn (2000)
- Reality of traces of suffering, Mauthausen Memorial (2007)
- Herbert Friedl. Passion etchings, Landeskulturzentrum Ursulinenhof , Linz (2009)
- signa crucis - Signs of the cross, printmaking, Martin Luther Church, Linz (2010)
- Architecture-related works in public space by Herbert Friedl, Kulturhaus Bruckmühle , Pregarten
Awards
- Appointment as professor hc (2005)
Web links
- Herbert Friedl, in: Website of Upper Austria. Contemporary history
- Literature by and about Herbert Friedl in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biographical information on the pages linz.gv.at, accessed on September 9, 2018
- ↑ Professor Herbert Friedl has passed away . Article dated July 30, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018.
- ^ Orf.at: artist Herbert Friedl died . Article dated July 30, 2018, accessed July 30, 2018.
- ↑ Herbert Friedl. In: Bruckmühle website
- ↑ Herbert Friedl. In: Web presence of the art collection of the state of Upper Austria
- ↑ Herbert Friedl. In: Zülow Group website ( Memento from December 7, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ List of members of the Upper Austrian Art Association
- ^ Herbert Friedl: Donaukiesel, in: Web presence of the city of Linz
- ^ Herbert Friedl: Mollner Monument, brochure
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Friedl, Herbert |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, graphic artist, interior and object designer |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 22, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Unterweitersdorf |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 27, 2018 |