Othmar Zechyr

Othmar Zechyr (born May 28, 1938 in Linz , † September 13, 1996 in Linz) was an Austrian painter and draftsman .

Live and act

After attending the graphic department of the State Trade School in Linz, he began studying at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, but broke it off after a few days. In 1961 and 1963 he took part in Oskar Kokoschka's School of Seeing at the Salzburg Summer Academy for Fine Arts.

Publications

Othmar Zechyr in personal testimonies and photo documents , Galerie Spitzbart Tanglberg Vorchdorf, Geyer, Vienna 1989.

Stonehenge , Galerie Thiele (ed. And publisher), Linz 1994.

Martin Hochleitner (Red.): Othmar Zechyr - the graphic work , catalog of the 2001 exhibition in the Landesgalerie at the Upper Austrian State Museum, Provincial Library, Weitra 2001, ISBN 385474062X .

Exhibitions

Zechyr presented his works for the first time in a solo exhibition in 1962 and subsequently took part in numerous exhibitions at home and abroad.

New Gallery of the City of Linz (1978, 1993)
Albertina Vienna (1983)
Upper Austrian Provincial Museum (1988)
Nordico - Museum of the City of Linz (1994)
Retrospective: Zechyr - Drawings 1966 to 1996 (2001) in the Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna , Palais Harrach Vienna and in the New Gallery of the City of Linz

Museum Angerlehner , Thalheim bei Wels - March 24 - September 22, 2019 - together with works by companion Johann Jascha

Awards

Culture award of the state of Upper Austria for the field of fine arts (1979)
Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts (1985)
Prize of the City of Linz (1986)
Alfred Kubin Prize of the Province of Upper Austria (1995)

Individual evidence

↑ Othmar Zechyr. Galerie Seidler, accessed on July 23, 2017 .
↑ KHM Wilfried Seipel : OTHMAR ZECHYR drawings 1966-1996 An exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in the Palais Harrach in 2001

Web links

personal data
SURNAME	Zechyr, Othmar
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH	May 28, 1938
PLACE OF BIRTH	Linz
DATE OF DEATH	September 13, 1996
Place of death	Linz

[1] Othmar Zechyr. Galerie Seidler, accessed on July 23, 2017 .

[2] KHM Wilfried Seipel : OTHMAR ZECHYR drawings 1966-1996 An exhibition of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in the Palais Harrach in 2001