Ludwig Merwart

Ludwig Merwart (born September 1, 1913 in Vienna , Austria ; † July 13, 1979 there ), was an Austrian painter and graphic artist . He is one of the representatives of abstract art or abstract expressionism and printmaking , especially after the Second World War .

Life

Ludwig Merwart spent his youth at Semmering and Graz, studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and graduated with diplomas from Christian Ludwig Martin and Robert Eigenberger . Study trips and trips abroad took him to Germany , France , Italy , Switzerland and Holland . He died on July 13, 1979 in the Elisabeth Hospital in Vienna.

Ludwig Merwart was known for his abstract oil paintings and iron etchings . Part of his work stands for the Informel . His work received a lot of attention in the 1950s and 1960s. He participated in documenta 2 in 1959 in Kassel in the printmaking department . A large number of his works can be found in the collection of the renowned Lentos Art Museum Linz .

reception

The expressiveness and timelessness of his works, especially his iron etchings, is achieved not least through Merwart's masterful technique: “Ludwig Merwart's show is all about exquisite iron etchings. Picturesque peculiarities are brilliantly printed on the sheet of paper. Often the unique prints have more depth and tension than their counterparts as a panel painting. Fine layers of monumental tectonic forms correspond with transparent smoky tones ” ( Florian Steininger , exhibited in Vienna, Die Presse of January 29, 2003).

Ludwig Merwart, untitled, iron etching, 1/1

Ludwig Merwart, untitled, iron etching, 1/1

Ludwig Merwart, an excerpt

Exhibitions

(Selection of recent years)

• 2006: SPECTRUM COLOR. Modern art. Lower Austrian State Museum, Sankt Pölten / Austria
• 2003: avant-garde and tradition . Lentos Art Museum Linz / Austria
• 2003: Water in Attersee. Painting, graphics, photography. Kunsthalle Attersee, KATT, Attersee / Austria
• 2003: Ludwig Merwart - oil paintings and iron etchings. Galerie Wolfgang Exner, - Gallery for young and current art, Vienna / Austria
• 1999: Time segment 1900 - 2000 - 100 years, 100 works. New gallery of the city of Linz / Austria

Solo exhibitions

• 1958 Franzoesischer Saal of the Kuenstlerhaus Vienna (A)
• 1962 Neutorgasse Gallery of the First Austrian Spar-Casse Vienna (A)
• 1964 International Art Club Palais Palffy Vienna (A)
• 1977 Hunyadi Castle, Maria-Enzersdorf (A)
• 1977 Wella Gallery Linz (A)
• 1978 Kuenstlerhaus Vienna (A)
• 1982 NOE. State Museum Vienna (A)
• 1982 New Gallery of the City of Linz Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum (A)

Group exhibitions

• 1948 Künstlerhaus Vienna, Young Artists of Austria (A)
• 1958 Kupferstichkabinett of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (A)
• 1958 Jovenes pintores die Viena in San Salvador (ES)
• 1959 II. Documenta Kassel (D); New Gallery of the City of Linz (A)); V São Paulo Biennale (BR)
• 1960 Cincinnati International Graphics Biennial (USA); Austrian art in the Tate-Gallery London (GB)
• 1961 Triennial for original color graphics Grenchen (CH)
• 1962 graphics in Austria, Ljubljana (formerly YU)
• 1963 Incisori Austriaci Contemporanei, Calcografia Nazionale, Rome and Pisa (I)
• 1968 Austrian Cultural Institute, New York (USA)
• 1969 3 a Biennale di Bolzano (I); 3 a Rassegna Internazionale d'Arte Acireale, Sicily (I)
• 1969 Young Artists from Around the World, New York (USA)
• 1969 Art Center of the First Austrian Sparkasse, Vienna (A)
• 1970 Avantgarde 70, Klosterneuburg (A)
• 1972 13th graphics competition, Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck (A)
• 1973 Austrian graphics competition, Krems (A)
• 1973 Austrian Cultural Institute, New York (USA)

Publications

• Curt Grützmacher: Theo Braun, Günther Kraus, Ludwig Merwart, graphic portfolio with original iron etchings. 1958.
• Ernst Randak: Catalog text. Vienna, 1958.
• Jorg Lampe: Painting as self-fulfillment. Old and modern art, volume 1/2, Vienna 1959.
• Jorg Lampe: Text to nine iron etchings by Theo Braun, Günther Kraus and Ludwig Merwart. Vienna 1960.
• Peter Baum: Old and Modern Art. Booklet 82. Vienna, 1965. Austrian graphics from 1955 to 1965.
• Feuerstein, Hutter, Köller, Mrazek: Modern art in Austria. Forum Verlag, Vienna 1965.
• Peter Baum: On the situation of Austrian painting today. In: Christian art sheets . 4, Linz 1966.
• Rüdiger Engerth: The secret group. New forum. Issue 154, Vienna 1966.
• Alfred Schmeller: L'art autr in Austria. Invitation to distrust. Residenzverlag, Salzburg 1967.
• Wilhelm Mrazek: Catalog text. Austrian Cultural Institute New York. 1968.
• Claus Pack: Modern graphics in Austria. Forum Verlag, Vienna 1969
• Ludwig Merwart: 5 original color etchings . Edition Club del Cappello Verona. With a text by Arturo Fornaro, 1972.
• Ludwig Merwart: Catalog text for Art en garde Hunyadi Castle. Maria-Enzersdorf 1977.
• Maria Buchsbaum, Jorg Lampe, Alfred Balcarek and Egon Haug: Text for publication on the occasion of the Ludwig Merwart & Theo Braun exhibition in the Künstlerhaus. Vienna 1978.
• Peter Baum / Theo Braun: Texts in the catalog for the exhibitions in Lower Austria. State Museum Vienna and the New Gallery of the City of Linz. 1982.

literature

• Exhibition catalog: V Bienal do Museu de Arte Moderna de São Paulo ; Sao Paulo, 1959
• Exhibition catalog: II.documenta '59. Art after 1945 ; Catalog: Volume 1: Painting; Volume 2: Sculpture; Volume 3: Graphic Art; Text tape; Kassel / Cologne 1959
• Exhibition catalog: Ludwig Merwart NOE. Landesmuseum - cultural department of the NOE. State government | New Gallery of the City of Linz Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum 1982
• Exhibition catalog: H. Haslecker Plastik L. Merwart Pictures and Iron Etchings Erste Oesterr. Spar-Casse; Gallery Schottenring, 1974
• List of exhibits: Avant-garde and tradition , May 18, 2003 - November 9, 2003, Lentos Art Museum Linz
• Press release: Time segment 1900 - 2000 - 100 years, 100 works , New Gallery of the City of Linz
• Florian Steininger, exhibited in Vienna, Die Presse on January 29, 2003

Web links

• Ludwig Merwart
• Materials by and about Ludwig Merwart in the documenta archive