Karl Bednarik

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Karl Josef Franz Bednarik (born July 18, 1915 in Vienna ; † January 14, 2001 there ) was a Viennese painter and writer who was socially critical.

Life

Bednarik's Sgraffito Oceanic Ornaments (1960) in Vienna- Meidling
Karl-Bednarik-Gasse

Bednarik fought both the Austro-fascism and the Hitler - fascism . Karl Bednarik learned the profession of book printer, but then worked as an electrical welder, among other things. He also formed an autodidact continue as an artist. In 1946 he had his first exhibition as a painter, and the Albertina also acquired some of his paintings. In his utopian novel Omega Fleischwolf , Bednarik describes a workforce that turns away from the struggle for social progress and is only interested in individual advantages.

Karl Bednarik was buried in the cemetery of the Simmering fire hall in Vienna (Department MR, Group 76, No. 5). Since February 2006 there is a Karl-Bednarik-Gasse in the 22nd district of Vienna .

Bednarik's estate is in the literary archive of the Austrian National Library . Significant parts of Karl Bednarik's artistic estate were donated to the MUSA Museum Startgalerie Artothek in 2016/17 as a result of a donation from the family . Bednarik has been a member of the Libertas Lodge since 1964 , as a founding member of the Libertas Gemina Lodge since 1965 and an affiliated member of the Zu den 3 Lichters Lodge from 1991 .

Works

  • Incident in Vienna. Heliopolis-Verlag, Tübingen 1951.
  • The young worker of today - a new type. Kilpper Verlag, Stuttgart 1953.
  • The Fall of Virtue. Kremayr and Scheriau, Vienna 1953.
  • Omega meat grinder. Kremayr and Scheriau, Vienna 1954.
  • On the consumer front - interim balance sheet of modern life. Kilpper Verlag, Stuttgart 1957.
  • The programmers, the elite of automation. Fritz Molden Verlag, Vienna / Munich 1965.
  • The learning society. Fritz Molden Verlag, Vienna / Munich 1966.
  • The man's crisis. Fritz Molden Verlag, Vienna / Munich 1967.
  • The explorers of space. Essays on photos by Erich Lessing, Herder-Verlag, Vienna 1968.
  • Austria 1918. Verlag für Jugend & Volk, Vienna / Munich 1968.
  • The creepy youth. Verlag für Jugend und Volk, Vienna / Munich 1969.

literature

Web links

Commons : Karl Bednarik  - Collection of pictures, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ http://library.fes.de/gmh/main/pdf-files/gmh/1953/1953-09-Mitteilungen.pdf
  2. ↑ WORKER ROMAN: End of the line meat grinder . In: Der Spiegel . No. 46 , 1954 ( online ).
  3. ^ Karl-Bednarik-Gasse in the Vienna History Wiki of the City of Vienna
  4. ↑ Donation of significant parts of Karl Bednarik's artistic estate to the City of Vienna - MUSA. (No longer available online.) Archived from the original on August 12, 2017 ; accessed on August 12, 2017 . Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / www.musa.at
  5. ^ Günter K. Kodek: The chain of hearts remains closed. Members of the Austrian Masonic lodges 1945 to 1985. Löcker, Vienna 2014, ISBN 978-3-85409-706-8 , p. 19 .
personal data
SURNAME Bednarik, Karl
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Bednarik, Karl Josef Franz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and writer
DATE OF BIRTH July 18, 1915
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH January 14, 2001
Place of death Vienna