Kay Krasnitzky

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Kay Krasnitzky ( birth name Otto Erich K. , * 29. August 1914 in Opava , today Opava ; † 19th March 1978 in Bad Gastein ) was a freelance Austrian painter , graphic artist and sculptor .

Vita

Krasnitzky studied architecture at the Technical University in Brno . After stays in Vienna, Prague, Paris and Oslo, he settled in Salzburg in 1945 .

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As an artist, he made use of a wide variety of techniques, creating prints , polyester reliefs, sgraffiti , mosaics , ceramic paintings, plaster cuts and glass designs. He also worked as a book and newspaper illustrator, he also created souvenir pictures and made stage sets . He designed twelve bronze reliefs for the Kleiner Festspielhaus in Salzburg; more of his bronze door handles can be found on private and public buildings.

He was a founding member of the Salzburg Group and a member of the Vienna Secession . In 1956 he won first prize for a poster design for the Salzburg State Tourist Office. His works can be seen in the Salzburg Museum , but are also traded on the open market.

According to Anton Gugg's judgment, he is considered the most important representative of early abstract art in Salzburg.

Books

  • Erik G. Wickenburg (Author), Kay Krasnitzky (Illustrator) (1963). Dear happy Salzkammergut. Vienna: Forum Verlag.
  • Kurt Eigl (author), Kay Krasnitzky (illustrator) (1964). Summer in Salzburg. A souvenir. Vienna: Forum Verlag.
  • Hans H. Henseleit (author), Kay Krasnitzky (illustrator) (1973, first edition 1966). Drawn keel. Kiel: Press Office Kiel (publisher).

literature

  • Professional Association of Visual Artists, Salzburg Section (1992). Exhibition catalog. Karl Weiser and his friends. Salzburg: self-published.
  • Adolf Haslinger & Peter Mittermayer (eds.). (2001). Salzburg cultural lexicon. Salzburg: Residenz Verlag, p. 253. ISBN 3-7017-1129-1 .
  • Eva Jandl-Jörg (2017). Summer in Salzburg. Kay Krasnitzky and other artists as Tursimo advertisers. The work of art of the month, 30th year, sheet 352. Salzburg Museum, Martin Hochleitner (Ed.).

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ photos by Kay Krasnitzky at Dorotheum Vienna
  2. ↑ Auction results for the works of art by Kay Krasnitzky on artprice
  3. ↑ auction results Kay Krasnitzky
  4. ^ Anton Gugg (2002). Kunstschauplatz Salzburg: Lexicon on painting, sculpture, graphics and photography since 1945 : Publisher of the City of Salzburg's Cultural Office, Anton Pustet publishing house.
personal data
SURNAME Krasnitzky, Kay
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Krasnitzky, Otto Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH August 29, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Troppau
DATE OF DEATH March 19, 1978
Place of death Bad Gastein