Oswald Oberhuber

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Permanent graffiti , mural (detail) (1989) Landstrasse subway station in Vienna (3rd district)

Oswald Oberhuber (born February 1, 1931 in Meran , South Tyrol , Italy ; † January 17, 2020 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter , sculptor and graphic artist .

Life

Oberhuber first learned sculpture from 1945 to 1949 at the Federal Trade School in Innsbruck . Subsequently Oberhuber was at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna student of Fritz Wotruba and at the Academy in Stuttgart by Willi Baumeister . In 1972 Oberhuber was the Austrian representative at the Venice Biennale . In 1964/65 he was artistic advisor to the gallery next St. Stephan , which he took over from Otto Mauer in 1973 and headed until 1978. Oberhuber took part in documenta 6 in 1977 and in documenta 7 in 1982 . In 1973 he was appointed professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna, of which he was a member until his retirement in 1998. From 1979 to 1987 and from 1991 to 1995, he was the rector of the university. Oberhuber exhibited object furniture, drafts, drawings (1989) and painting (1992) twice in the Vorsetzen gallery .

The Stuttgart Academy made him an honorary member in 1982 and an honorary senator in 2004.

He was buried at the Hietzingen cemetery .

Awards

Solo exhibitions

Group exhibitions

  • 1987: Austrian contemporary artists: works on paper; Kermer Collection, Stuttgart , Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck
  • 2019: POSTCARD RELOADED , European Art Association in the Museum Kunstraum Potsdam

literature

  • Gisela Stiegler, Robert Jelinek (Eds.): Oswald Oberhuber. The portrait 06, 2014, ISBN 978-3-9503749-5-7
  • Austrian contemporary artists: works on paper; Kermer Collection, Stuttgart . Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, May 19 to June 13, 1987. [Foreword: Magdalena Hörmann; Catalog editing: Wolfgang Kermer ] Innsbruck: Galerie im Taxispalais, 1987, pp. 26–27, m. Fig.
  • Donation Wolfgang Kermer: inventory catalog . Municipal Gallery Neunkirchen. [Catalog: Wolfgang Kermer; Nicole Nix-Hauck] Neunkirchen, 2011, ISBN 978-3-941715-07-3 , p. 120, m. Fig.
  • Stephan Ettl (Ed.): Oswald Oberhuber Kunsterfindungen, Springer Vienna New York 2006, ISBN 3-211-29231-4
  • Stephan Ettl (Ed.): Oswald Oberhuber Plakate Plakate Platate Posters Posters Posters, Catalog Raisonnė, Springer Vienna New York 2009, ISBN 978-3-211-89111-7
  • Stephan Ettl (Ed.): Oswald Oberhuber hoch3, Works 1945-2012 - Sculptures, plastics, objects, deformations, furniture, fashion, spatial concepts, AMBRA IV 2013, ISBN 978-3-99043-515-1

Web links

Commons : Oswald Oberhuber  - Collection of images, videos and audio files
Wikiquote: Oswald Oberhuber  - Quotes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Oswald Oberhuber died at the age of 89. In: Kronen Zeitung , January 17th, 2020. Accessed on January 17th, 2020.
  2. ^ Artist Oswald Oberhuber died at the age of 88. In: vol.at, January 17, 2020. Retrieved January 17, 2020.
  3. ^ Oswald Oberhuber grave site , Vienna, Hietzinger Friedhof, Group 15, No. 40.
personal data
SURNAME Oberhuber, Oswald
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, sculptor and graphic artist
DATE OF BIRTH February 1, 1931
PLACE OF BIRTH Meran , South Tyrol
DATE OF DEATH 17th January 2020
Place of death Vienna