Paul Kirnig
Paul Kirnig (born March 16, 1891 in Bielsko , Silesia , today Bielsko-Biała , † August 24, 1955 in Vienna ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist of the 20th century who devoted himself particularly to the representation of industrial motifs . He was awarded the City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts for 1955 (category: applied arts).
Life
Kirnig graduated from the Vienna School of Applied Arts . Franz Cizek and Bertold Löffler were among his most important teachers . Kirnig himself worked at this institute from 1935 to 1953. Kirnig devoted himself primarily to the representational representation of technical and industrial motifs from a dramatic to heroic point of view.
literature
- Christoph Bertsch, Markus Neuwirth: Paul Kirnig. Industrial pictures of the interwar period . Institute for Art History at the University of Innsbruck, exhibition catalog No. 7, Innsbruck 1995
- Christoph Bertsch, Markus Neuwirth (ed.): The Unknown Hope: Austrian painting and graphics between 1918 and 1938 . Vienna 1993, especially p. 249
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ "The applied arts class under Paul Kirnig often worked as a propaganda workshop for the (Nazi) regime," noted a flyer for an exhibition at the University of Applied Arts in October to December 2009
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kirnig, Paul |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 16, 1891 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Bielsko-Biała , Silesia |
| DATE OF DEATH | August 24, 1955 |
| Place of death | Vienna |