Leopold Ganzer
Leopold Ganzer (born June 7, 1929 in Innichen , South Tyrol ; † August 18, 2008 in Prägraten , East Tyrol ) was an Austrian painter . He lived and worked in East Tyrol and Vienna.
Life
After a war-related interruption in his training at the Innsbruck School of Applied Arts in the sculpture class with Hans Pontiller , he continued his self-taught training. Living in Switzerland at the beginning of the 1950s, he oriented himself towards modern international art movements.
From 1952, Ganzer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in the master school for painting with HC Andersen. In 1958 he finished with the award of the exit price (state price). He returned to Lienz and was involved in creating an exhibition platform for East Tyrol's artists in Lienz. The “Städtische Galerie” opened in Lienz in 1964 was the first gallery in Austria to be run by a municipality. In addition to Leopold Ganzer, Franz Walchegger (1913–1965), Josef Manfreda (1890–1967) and Hermann Pedit (1933–2014) were the founding initiators .
After studying in Paris (1966) and teaching at the Mannheim Art School (1970/71), he moved to Vienna. In 1977, Ganzer was elected President of the Professional Association of Austrian Visual Artists (BVÖ).
He retired from all public functions in 1985 after a long and serious illness.
Leopold Ganzer avoided the exhibition business more and more. From 1980 onwards he increasingly drew his pictorial themes from the mountains. In 1989, after acquiring a garden on the Schafberg in Vienna, he turned to a changed conception of nature, which shaped his work to the end.
Quotes
“A critical appraisal of my artistic activity, however, revealed a not inconsiderable difference between experience and result. I also became more suspicious of expressionist exaggeration. It seemed too easy for me to get into the pathetic. "
Exhibitions
Ganzer had numerous national and international exhibitions / solo exhibitions, including:
- 1954 European Youth Festival Montpellier (France),
- 1959 Austrian State Printing House, Vienna
- 1959 Galerie Jordan Paris (France),
- 1960 Carinthia State Museum in Klagenfurt,
- 1962 Gallery Synthesis Vienna,
- 1963 Tyrolean Art Pavilion Innsbruck,
- 1965 Galerie Goethe Bozen (with Norbert Drexel),
- 1972 Gallery 20 Vienna,
- 1972 Vienna Secession ,
- 1973 Galerie Vor U Haarlem (Netherlands),
- 1974 America House Vienna,
- 1984 Gallery Synthesis Vienna,
- 1989 Museum of the City of Lienz Bruck Castle ,
- 2010 Gallery 9900 Lienz,
- 2010 WIKAM (Vienna International Art and Antiques Fair) Künstlerhaus Wien
- 2014 Museum of the City of Lienz Bruck Castle ,
- 2014 artziwna gallery Vienna,
- 2019 galerie artziwna Vienna (works on paper),
Web links
- Website Leopold Ganzer
- Catalog raisonné (works in oil and acrylic)
- Graphic work (work in watercolor, Indian ink, mixed media, pen drawings and printed matter)
Individual evidence
- ↑ Website about Leopold Ganzer: Thoughts on my nude drawings: ( Memento of the original from May 31, 2010 in the Internet Archive ) 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. , last accessed October 9, 2010
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Ganzer, Leopold |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 7, 1929 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Innichen , South Tyrol |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 18, 2008 |
| Place of death | Prägraten , East Tyrol |