Josef Mikl

Parsch Parish Church of the Precious Blood

Josef Mikl (born August 8, 1929 in Vienna ; † March 29, 2008 there ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist .

Life

From 1946 to 1948, Josef Mikl attended the Higher Graphic Education and Research Institute in Vienna. Then studied from 1948 to 1955 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Josef Dobrowsky . In 1956 he founded the artist group “Galerie next St. Stephan” with Wolfgang Hollegha , Markus Prachensky and Arnulf Rainer . In 1964 he exhibited at documenta III ; In 1977 he took part in documenta 6 . In 1968 Mikl represented Austria at the Venice Biennale. From 1969 to 1997 Mikl was a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.

Mikl represented an abstract realism with the human figure as the central theme. Drawing was of particular importance to him.

Mikl died of cancer at the age of 78 and was buried in the Döblingen cemetery .

Awards

1955: Promotion Prize of the City of Vienna
1973: Prize of the City of Vienna for fine arts , painting and graphics
1990: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
2004: Great Golden Decoration of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria
2004: Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna

Works in public space

1956: Church window in Parsch parish church , Salzburg
1959–1961: Church window of the Peace Church in Hiroshima
1963–1964: Church window in the Lehen parish church in Salzburg
1965: Church window in the Aderklaa branch church
Emmaus picture on the altar wall of the Emmaus Chapel in the St. Virgil Education Center in Salzburg
1992–1997: Ceiling painting and 22 wall paintings in the Great Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg (after the fire in 1992)

Publications

Some misdeeds of the journalist eater Hawranek. Gallery Der Spiegel , Cologne 1964.
The Hawranek and the journalists. 12 disasters from Austria. Sorted by months. Self-published by Josef Mikl, Vienna 1969.
The Hawranek on Mars. 12 interventions in journalists' life. Self-published by Josef Mikl, Vienna 1972.
Josef Mikl. Texts by Werner Hofmann, Günter Busch, Otto Breicha, Fritz Koreny, Otto Mauer and Albert Schulze Vellinghausen. Society of Friends of Art Vienna, Vienna 1979.
Eight loose papers to help you understand the Hawranek. Self-published by Josef Mikl, Vienna 1982.
The performance in the sand pit or The miller and his child in four acts and thirteen scenes with the final appearance of Hawranek. Self-published by Josef Mikl, Vienna 1987.
Josef Mikl 1980-87. Introduction by Artur Rosenauer. Self-published, Vienna [1988].
Josef Mikl works 1988–1993. Introduction by Artur Rosenauer. Self-published, Vienna [1994].
To the ceiling picture and the murals of the Great Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg. 1994 - 1997. Self-published by Josef Mikl, Vienna 1997.
Josef Mikl - Johann Nestroy, Chief Abendwind. Preparatory work, stage designs, oil paintings, graphics 1994 - 1998. Compiled by Josef Mikl. Self-published, Vienna 1998.
Aigner, Carl; Belgin, Tayfun (ed.): Josef Mikl retrospective, 1947–2003. Catalog for the exhibition in the Kunsthalle Krems, November 7, 2004 - February 13, 2005. Krems 2004.
Josef Mikl. Work 1997-2008. Edited by Josef Mikl and Brigitte Mikl-Bruckner. Assistance: Judith Schober. Vienna 2009.

literature

Wieland Schmied : Presence and Eternity. Traces of the transcendent in the art of our time . Catalog for the exhibition in the Martin-Gropius-Bau , Berlin 7 April to 24 June 1990. Edition Cantz, Stuttgart 1990, ISBN 3-89322-179-4 .

Web links

Commons : Josef Mikl - collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on Josef Mikl in the database of the state's memory of the history of Lower Austria ( Museum Niederösterreich )
Literature by and about Josef Mikl in the catalog of the German National Library
Website about Josef Mikl
Josef Mikl's grave
Materials by and about Josef Mikl in the documenta archive

Individual evidence

↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
↑ Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna to Josef Mikl Rathauskorrespondenz from October 15, 2004 (accessed June 9, 2010)

personal data
SURNAME	Mikl, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH	August 8, 1929
PLACE OF BIRTH	Vienna
DATE OF DEATH	March 29, 2008
Place of death	Vienna

[1] List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)

[2] Ring of Honor of the City of Vienna to Josef Mikl Rathauskorrespondenz from October 15, 2004 (accessed June 9, 2010)