Karl Hodina

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Karl Hodina (2015)

Karl Hodina (born June 7, 1935 in Vienna ; † March 24, 2017 in Leopoldsdorf near Vienna ) was an Austrian musician and painter .

Karl Hodina burial site

Live and act

painting

Karl Hodina began training as a chemigrapher in 1949 at C. Angerer & Göschl in Ottakringer Straße. From 1955 he did self-taught painting studies and painted his first oil painting in 1962 . He had his first solo exhibition in 1967 in “Gallery 6”. Two years later, however, he had to give up his job as a lithographer due to a serious eye disease. As a painter, he also illustrated children's books and often presented his work in the form of art calendars or art portfolios. His painterly work can be classified under the term “ Vienna School of Fantastic Realism ”. Hodina also worked as a building designer; He was responsible for the Arnwiesen motorway service station near Gleisdorf in Styria , for example .

music

Karl Hodina founded the Vienna modern jazz quartet in 1957 and then worked with Fatty George . Since the 1970s, he devoted himself to the Duo Hodina together with the counterpoint guitarist Ederl Reiser the New Viennese song , starting with a setting of a poem by HC Artmann , "Fia d'Erni". He wrote many songs to texts by Walter Pissecker . He composed well-known songs like “ Herrgott aus Sta ” or “I let cherries grow for you”. He also appeared - partly as a moderator - in various radio and television programs on the ORF , including directing the ORF TV program “The Last Werkelmann” at the 1972 Berlinale . In 1979 he wrote the Viennese song book “O you dear Augustin ”. He was a virtuoso on the accordion . He also played jazz in a duo with guitarist Gerd Bienert . With Roland Neuwirth he was artistic director of the wean hean Vienna music festival in 2000 .

His final resting place is in the Ottakringer Friedhof (group 4, row 21, number 16) in Vienna.

Awards

Publications

Building (selection)

  • Motorway service station Arnwiesen near Gleisdorf
  • Fire station in Prebuch near Weiz
  • Chapel in Prebuch near Weiz

Discographic notes

  • Street musician.
  • From the lower store.
  • A child from Vienna.
  • With Gerd Bienert , Richard Oesterreicher : I need you to talk. 1983.
  • With Gerd Bienert: Jazz for two.
  • With Alegre Corrêa : Brazilian scratches. Universal Music 2002.
  • You and i. With the Joschi Schneeberger Sextet, City Park Label 2008.
  • Traubli.
  • With Peter Havlicek: Impressionen am Schafberg, 2015 non food factory
  • With Tini Kainrath and Peter Havlicek: Geborgene Schätze, 2017 non food factory

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Guido Tartarotti: Karl Hodina died: Realist des Wienerlied. In: Kurier.at. March 25, 2017. Retrieved March 26, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hodina Karl. In: art-port.cc. Archived from the original on October 7, 2008 ; accessed on March 26, 2017 .
  3. ↑ Karl Hodina celebrates his 75th birthday. In: wiev1.ORF.at. June 6, 2010, accessed March 26, 2017.
  4. ↑ APA -Meldung: "Artistic-round genius": Hodina received medals. In: Salzburg.com. September 2, 2015, accessed March 26, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Hodina, Karl
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and musician
DATE OF BIRTH June 7, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH March 24, 2017
Place of death Leopoldsdorf near Vienna