Herbert Gurschner

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Herbert Gurschner (born August 27, 1901 in Innsbruck , † January 10, 1975 in London ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Life

Herbert Gurschner was born on August 27, 1901 in Innsbruck. In 1917 he attended the technical college in Innsbruck and had his first exhibition. Between 1918 and 1920 he studied at the Munich Art Academy . After that he had further exhibitions in Innsbruck.

In 1924 he married an English noblewoman, through whom he came to London artist and collector circles. In 1929 he had his first exhibition in the London Fine Art Society . Two years later he showed another exhibition in the Fine Art Society and made his artistic breakthrough in England. He was then able to open several exhibitions across the UK. Herbert Gurschner found access to aristocratic, diplomatic and business circles and was able to exhibit his works in New York City , among other places .

At the time of World War II , Gurschner obtained British citizenship and served in the British Army. During this time he met his future second wife, the actress Brenda Davidoff, with whom he lived in London.

In the post-war years Gurschner only exhibited sporadically and instead concentrated on stage design (for the Royal Opera House , Globe Theater and Hammersmith Apollo, among others ).

Gurschner died on January 10, 1975 in London.

Exhibitions

  • Innsbruck (Unterberger Art Salon), 1920
  • London and Chicago (Artist Guild), 1925
  • London (Fine Art Society), 1929
  • Venice (Venice Biennale), 1929
  • Exhibition tour of England, 1932
  • Vienna, retrospective art dealership Widder, 2000
  • Innsbruck, City Archives & City Museum Innsbruck, 2002

literature

  • Widder Claudia & Widder Roland: Herbert Gurschner. A Tyrolean in London. Monograph. Innsbruck-Vienna 2000
  • Widder Roland: Herbert Gurschner , in: Zeitschrift Tirol - always worth a vacation, No. 58, Innsbruck 2001
  • Widder Roland: Graphics by Herbert Gurschner , in: Wiener Kunsthefte, No. 4, Vienna, Dec. 2002, p. 11
  • Carl Kraus : Between the ages. Painting and graphics in Tyrol 1918-1945. Innsbruck-Bozen 1999, p. 262

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ gurschner.com: Short biography: Herbert Gurschner (Innsbruck 1901 - 1975 London) , accessed on January 28, 2010
  2. ↑ salzburg.co.at: Herbert Gurschner - short biography ( memento of the original from July 22, 2007 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.salzburg.co.at archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , Accessed January 28, 2010
personal data
SURNAME Gurschner, Herbert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austro-British painter and printmaker
DATE OF BIRTH August 27, 1901
PLACE OF BIRTH innsbruck
DATE OF DEATH January 10, 1975
Place of death London