Matthias Kralj

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Matthias Kralj (born August 23, 1933 in Ljubljana ) is an Austrian set and costume designer .

Live and act

Matthias Kralj came into contact with the world of theater early on, as his father, Emil Kralj, was an actor and star of the Slovenian National Theater. His talent for drawing showed up early on. The political events caused the family with the nine-year-old Matthias to move from Ljubljana to Klagenfurt in 1942. In 1952 Kralj began to study stage design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and theater studies at the University of Vienna . An assistant at the Vienna Volksoper followed from 1958 engagements as a stage designer in Lübeck, Braunschweig and Mannheim and 1968 again in Klagenfurt, at whose city theater he worked under the direction of Herbert Wochinz . In 1976 Achim Benning brought him to the Burgtheater in Vienna . As head of the equipment department, Kralj was responsible for over 50 productions over the next 17 years.

True to his artistic credo "As little as possible - as much as necessary." Kralj's stage designs were characterized by economy and reduction, while at the same time they captured the spirit of the piece.

In total, Matthias Kralj created more than 250 stage sets and equipment in various European countries and worked with directors such as Achim Benning, Adolf Dresen , Alfred Kirchner , Leopold Lindtberg , Rudolf Noelte , Peter Palitzsch , Otto Schenk , Rudolf Steinboeck and Herbert Wochinz. In addition to guest appearances in Munich, Saloniki, Athens, Berlin, Salzburg, Lisbon and Zurich, he designed the stage for the Komödienspiele Porcia in Spittal an der Drau for 25 years .

Kralj has received teaching assignments from the Reinhardt Seminar , the Institute for Theater Studies at the University of Vienna and Stanford University (CA).

Since 1997 he has turned more and more to painting, as shown by exhibitions in Klagenfurt, Ljubljana, Trieste and Vienna.

Matthias Kralj has been married to costume designer Evelyne, née Frank, daughter of actress Ellen Frank , since 1966 . His daughter Julia comes from this marriage.

Awards

Works

  • Most important stage works: Emilia Galotti (Braunschweig, 1965), Figarros Hochzeit (Klagenfurt, 1968), Wiener Blut (Klagenfurt, 1972), The Prodigal Son (Carinthischer Sommer, 1975), The Enchanted Brothers (Burgtheater, 1976), Conversations in the Stein House (Burgtheater 1977), Iphigenie auf Tauris (Burgtheater 1978), Summer Guests (Burgtheater 1979), Dantons Tod (Burgtheater, 1982), Das alten Land (Burgtheater 1984), Maria Stuart (Burgtheater 1984), A month in the country (Burgtheater 1986 ), The Minors (Akademietheater, 1988).
  • Love art. [Ovid] Illustrations: Matthias Kralj, transferred and introduced by Hertha Lorenz. Eduard Kaiser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1956
  • Love nights from 1001 nights. Based on the original translation by Dr. Gustav Weil, selected and freely edited by Hertha Lorenz with 57 pen drawings by Matthias Kralj. Eduard Kaiser Verlag, Klagenfurt 1964.
  • Matthias Kralj: scene in kostumi. Slovenski Gledališki Muzej, Ljubljana 2003, ISBN 961-6218-75-1 .
  • Spaces and design. Heyn, Klagenfurt 2012, ISBN 978-3-7084-0461-5 . (Catalog for the exhibition of the same name in the Magnet Gallery in Palais Fugger, Klagenfurt)

Exhibitions

  • Painting and drawings. Gallery Freund, Klagenfurt 2000.
  • Painting and drawings. Galerie Fichtegasse 1, Vienna 2002.
  • Spaces of narration: Matthias Kralj - stage sets and costumes. Austrian Theater Museum, Vienna 2007.
  • Spaces and design. Magnet Gallery, Klagenfurt 2012.

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personal data
SURNAME Kralj, Matthias
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian set designer
DATE OF BIRTH August 23, 1933
PLACE OF BIRTH Ljubljana