Klaus Brandner (artist)

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Klaus Brandner (born December 11, 1965 in Klagenfurt am Wörthersee ) is an Austrian painter, graphic artist and sculptor.

Life

Klaus Brandner grew up in Klagenfurt, Austria. After completing his training at the Bundesrealgymnasium Klagenfurt-Viktring with a focus on art education in 1985, he began exhibiting in 1986. Today he lives and works in Klagenfurt. He is a member of the professional association of visual artists in Austria .

The artist Klaus Brandner in March 2016 in his studio in Klagenfurt, Austria.

Works

Sculpture “Idea Catcher” by Klaus Brandner, in the sculpture garden “Los Cardones” of the Gernot Huber Foundation on Tenerife

Numerous paintings and graphics, which are mainly represented in galleries in German-speaking countries, but also in the rest of Europe, bear witness to his constant work. Klaus Brandner's paintings are made in oil on canvas. His graphics are screen prints .

His small-scale sculptures (up to 50 cm high) are made of fired clay; its colossal statues (from 4 m to 7 m high) consist mainly of metal, concrete and plastics.

Klaus Brandner's sculpture “Idea Catcher” from 2014 is in a permanent exhibition in the Los Cardones sculpture garden of the Gernot Huber Foundation on Tenerife.

In 2015, he artistically designed the facade of the Small Gallery in Triester Straße in Neunkirchen, Lower Austria. There is also his 8 m high sculpture "The Great Guardian".

Publications

  • Klaus Brandner. With a foreword by Franz Morak, Austrian State Secretary for Art and Media. Klagenfurt 2001, Verlag Johannes Heyn, ISBN 3-85366-978-6 .
  • Color worlds. With a foreword by the 14th Dalai Lama Tenzin Gyatso . Klagenfurt 2010, Verlag Johannes Heyn, ISBN 978-3-7084-0381-6 .

literature

  • Klaus Brandner. In: Saur General Artist Lexicon. Addendum to Volume 3. Saur, Munich / Leipzig 2008, ISBN 978-3-598-22863-6 , p. 399.
  • He has already been twice on the front page and in the editorial section of the Austrian art magazine Vernissage .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Members. (No longer available online.) In: bv-kaernten.at. Archived from the original on May 24, 2016 ; accessed on May 24, 2016 . 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.bv-kaernten.at
  2. ↑ The moon has no end. An extraterrestrial art walk with Klaus Brandner. (PDF) In: The Bridge. Carinthia art culture. The culture magazine of Carinthia. 2001, pp. 28–30 , accessed on May 24, 2016 .
  3. ↑ "Art is beautiful, but it is a lot of work" - Tenerife. wochenblatt.es, accessed on May 24, 2016 .
  4. ↑ "mein district.at: Summer Opening in the Small Gallery". Retrieved June 8, 2016 .
  5. ^ "Lower Austria Economy of July 3rd, 2015. Neunkirchen: Summer Opening: Art and Sculpture". Retrieved June 8, 2016 .
  6. ^ Verlag Johannes Heyn | Books, songs and second-hand bookshops: portraits of authors. verlagheyn.at, accessed on May 24, 2016 .
  7. ^ Verlag Johannes Heyn: Klaus Brandner presents a new art book. Retrieved May 24, 2016 .
  8. ^ Brod Media GmbH (ed.): Vernissage - the magazine for current exhibition events . February 2005, p. 28–30 and title page .
  9. ^ Brod Media GmbH (ed.): Vernissage - the magazine for current exhibition events . March 2003, p. 38–40 and title page .
personal data
SURNAME Brandner, Klaus
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian artist
DATE OF BIRTH December 11, 1965
PLACE OF BIRTH Klagenfurt am Wörthersee