Markus Prachensky
Markus Prachensky (born March 21, 1932 in Innsbruck ; † July 15, 2011 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist of the Informel .
Life
Prachensky is born the son of the architect and painter Wilhelm Nicolaus Prachensky . His mother Henriette Hnidy comes from an Austro-Hungarian officer family. His cousin was the Innsbruck architect Hubert Prachensky . After graduating from high school, he moved to Vienna in 1952 and began studying architecture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (with a diploma). From 1953 he also studied painting there.
In 1956, together with Wolfgang Hollegha , Josef Mikl and Arnulf Rainer , Prachensky founded the artist group "Galerie next St. Stephan", which gathered around the Viennese priest Otto Mauer , the cathedral preacher to St. Stephan . In 1957 the group was presented in an extensive exhibition at the Vienna Secession . Prachensky becomes their member. From 1983 until his retirement in 2000 he held a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and was director of the master school for painting. Prachensky is considered one of the most important representatives of the Austrian avant-garde and Informel in Austria.
Most recently he lived and worked in Vienna . His grave of honor is at the Vienna Central Cemetery (group 33 G).
Solo exhibitions
- 1956, 1958, 1960, 1962, 1966: Galerie next St. Stephan, Vienna
- 1959: Documenta II
- 1960: Galerie 59, Aschaffenburg ; May 21, 1960 Action in the Aschaffenburg City Theater: Peinture liquide for the half-hour electronic music by the Darmstadt composer Hermann Heiss
- 1961: Galerie Schüler , Berlin
- 1970: Austrian Institute, New York; Art Association Hanover
- 1972: retrospective. Ulm Museum , Ulm
- 1975, 1976, 1978, 1995: Galerie Ulysses, Vienna
- 1977: “Der Spiegel” gallery, Cologne
- 1979: Retrospective 1953–1978. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- 1995: Kunstverein, Augsburg
- 1996: Accademia Gallery, Salzburg
- 1997: New Gallery of the City of Linz , Linz; Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck; Ulysses Gallery, Vienna
- 1999: Bolzano Cultural Institute (Italy),
- 2000: Markus Prachensky The Academy Years. Pictures 1983-2000. Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- 2002: Portrait exhibition: Upper Belvedere , Vienna
- 2004: Chemnitz art collections
- 2007/2008: PRACHENSKY - early and late works. Essl Museum - Contemporary Art, Klosterneuburg / Vienna
- 2017: Markus Prachensky. Albertina , Vienna
Publicly owned work (selection)
- Museum of Modern Art Frankfurt
- Belvedere Palace , Vienna
- Essl Collection , Klosterneuburg
- Center for Art and Media Technology , Karlsruhe
Awards (selection)
- 1992: Gold Medal of Honor of the Federal Capital Vienna
- 2000: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 2003: Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts
- 2001: Appointment to the Curia for Art of the Austrian Decoration of Honor
- 2006: Great Gold Medal for Services to the Republic of Austria
literature
- Günther Oberhollenzer (Ed.): Prachensky: Early and late works. Edition Essl Collection, Klosterneuburg 2007, ISBN 978-3-902001-40-5 .
- Prachensky, Markus . In: Hans Vollmer (Hrsg.): General Lexicon of Fine Artists of the XX. Century. tape 3 : K-P . EA Seemann, Leipzig 1956, p. 620 .
- Peter Iden , Rolf Lauter : Pictures for Frankfurt. Inventory catalog of the Museum of Modern Art . Munich 1985, pp. 118-119, 187. ISBN 978-3-7913-0702-2
Web links
- Literature by and about Markus Prachensky in the catalog of the German National Library
- Biography of Markus Prachensky, Essl Museum
- Homepage of the artist
- Markus Prachensky Alexandra Matzner on Markus Prachensky in the Albertina (2017)
- Interviews, radio reports and recordings with Markus Prachensky in the online archive of the Austrian Media Library
Individual evidence
- ↑ http://www.nachrichten.at/nachrichten/kultur/art16,671182
- ↑ Archived copy ( Memento of the original from March 4, 2016 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.
- ↑ List of all decorations awarded by the Federal President for services to the Republic of Austria from 1952 (PDF; 6.9 MB)
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Prachensky, Markus |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Prachensky, Markus Ernst |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 21, 1932 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | innsbruck |
| DATE OF DEATH | July 15, 2011 |
| Place of death | Vienna |