Leopold Hauer

from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Houses on the Rock, around 1955

Leopold Hauer (born July 15, 1896 in Vienna , † November 2, 1984 in Lengenfeld , Lower Austria) was an Austrian painter .

Life

Painted door, 1971

Leopold Hauer was born on July 15, 1896 in Vienna as the son of the art collector and Greek innkeeper Franz Hauer .

Between 1918 and 1924 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Josef Jungwirth and Karl Sterrer . In 1927 a first solo exhibition followed in the Neue Galerie Vienna (with Otto Kallir- Nirenstein). Arthur Roessler wrote in his essay in Austrian Art in 1927 about Leopold Hauer: “At last someone again who is not just a painter, who is an artist as a painter. A creative artist of instinct and intelligence, one who does not produce 'decorate your home' pictures. One who presents himself to us as a talented and single artist, without an immediate predecessor who showed the way. He is not a naturalist, not a porter, he is a reshaper, he translates his impressions. And he is already doing this today with so much art that the viewer of his pictures can experience it both as a sensually captivating stimulus and as a pure spiritual pleasure. "

Leopold Hauer had been a member of the Vienna Künstlerhaus since 1928 and was artistic director of the Künstlerhaus cinema between 1949 and 1966. In 1950 it was presented for the first time in a solo exhibition at the Künstlerhaus Vienna . In 1960, together with his daughter Christa Hauer-Fruhmann and son-in-law Johann Fruhmann, he founded the gallery in the Greek pub. In Peter Baum's opinion, Leopold Hauer's late work deserves particular attention: “It is not an exaggeration to see that Leopold Hauer has succeeded in expressing his artistic concerns in a particularly convincing way, especially in recent years. That he managed to go beyond the conditions of handicraft ability and painterly diligence, which he took for granted, to abstract formulations which, through the choice and implementation of the subjects, attest to the binding nature of the simple and thus mark out a late work that, thanks to his own effort and vitality, regeneration and further development, binding insight , Radiates honesty and spiritual freshness. "

Hauer died on November 2, 1984 in Lengenfeld (Lower Austria) . In 2009 a large retrospective was dedicated to him in the Leopold Museum . Rudolf Leopold wrote in the foreword to the Leopold Hauer monograph (2009): “The world of Leopold Hauer conveys a sense of authenticity, calm and contemplation, which in today's overheated, tormented world seems like a nostalgic feeling. Even during his lifetime Leopold Hauer was not ignored and was often positively mentioned by the press. His work deserves a new evaluation that illuminates his extensive oeuvre in relation to current issues. "

Prizes and awards

Fishing boats, around 1960
  • 1924: Master School Award of the Academy of Fine Arts
  • 1949–1966: multiple awards with the golden pen
  • 1951: Awarded the professional title of professor
  • 1957: Gold Medal of Honor from the Künstlerhaus
  • 1961: Awarded the Cross of Honor for Science and Art
  • 1966: Honorary membership of the Künstlerhaus and award of the Golden Laurel
  • 1968: His name is engraved in the cornerstone of the Künstlerhaus

Works in museums

literature

Ventimiglia, 1955
  • BMUKS (ed.): Leopold Hauer. Verlag Niederösterreichisches Pressehaus, St. Pölten / Vienna 1987.
  • Manfred Kopriva (Ed.): Leopold Hauer. Manfred Kopriva, Krems 2009.
  • Austrian Gallery Upper Belvedere (Ed.): Leopold Hauer. 60 years of work. Exhibition catalog 1977.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Quoted in: BMUKS (ed.): The painter Leopold Hauer. An attempt in outline by Arthur Roessler. P. 30 f.
  2. ↑ Quoted in: BMUKS (Hrsg.): Leopold Hauer - Art as life execution . P. 53.
  3. ↑ Quoted in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.): Foreword . P. 7.
  4. ↑ Shown in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.). P. 103
  5. ↑ Shown in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.). P. 169
  6. ↑ Shown in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.). P. 35
  7. ↑ Shown in: Belvedere (Ed.). Fig. 4
  8. ↑ Shown in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.). P. 106
  9. ↑ Shown in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.). P. 123
  10. ↑ Shown in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.). P. 116
  11. ↑ Shown in: Manfred Kopriva (Ed.). P. 50
personal data
SURNAME Hauer, Leopold
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 15, 1896
PLACE OF BIRTH Vienna
DATE OF DEATH 2nd November 1984
Place of death Lengenfeld (Lower Austria)