Maria Gruber
Maria Gruber (* 1946 in Gaspoltshofen ) is an Austrian painter , graphic artist and glass and object artist.
Live and act
Gruber enjoyed a technical education in etching with Elfriede Trautner , in lithography with Alfred Billy as a guest student at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design Linz and in painting in Salzburg with Raphaela Toledo .
At first she devoted herself to the production of lithographs and watercolors, later she made drafts for tapestries and glass windows, glass objects, sculptures and garden installations were created in collaboration with the glass painting workshop in Schlierbach Abbey .
She is a member of the international group of artists Group 30 , the artists' association Club of Encounter and the Innviertler Künstlergilde . Participation in international painter and graphic artist weeks and a lively exhibition activity at home and abroad are the basis for recognition as a glass artist. She lives and works in Gaspoltshofen and Bad Ischl .
Awards
- 1st Prize for Painting in Southern France Prix de la Fédération des Beaux-Arts (2002)
- 1st prize at the Grand Concours International in Puget-sur-Argens on the Côte d'Azur (2003)
- Culture Medal of the Province of Upper Austria (1995)
literature
- Maria Gruber - landscape watercolors 1981 to 1996 with an essay by Walter Koschatzky , Salzburg, 1997, ISBN 3-85349-211-8
Individual evidence
- ↑ Biography of Maria Gruber, in: Net-Gallery website ( Memento from October 30, 2013 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Art becomes glass - exhibition in the parish hall Linz - Hl. Geist, in: Web presence of the Catholic Church from October 20, 2010 ( Memento from October 27, 2012 in the Internet Archive )
- ^ Maria Gruber, in: Web presence of the Innviertler Künstlergilde
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Gruber, Maria |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter, graphic artist, glass and object artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Gaspoltshofen |