Peter Baum (artist)
Peter Baum (born February 11, 1939 in Vienna ) is an Austrian visual artist , museum director, curator and art critic .
Life
Peter Baum attended high school and studied law for several semesters at the University of Vienna , before working as a graphic artist and painter from 1959 to 1972 . From 1962 he worked as an art critic, cultural journalist and photographer for Austrian newspapers and specialist magazines. He was a member of the editorial board of the magazine old and modern art in Vienna and directed several Viennese galleries. In 1973 he moved to Linz . In 1973 and 1975 he was Austrian commissioner for the Venice Art Biennale. Baum was also repeatedly curator for the Biennale of São Paulo as well as for the biennials in Sydney, Ljubljana, Nuremberg and Cagnes sur Mer. From 1973/74 he lectured on contemporary art at the University of Artistic Design in Linz . In 1974 he took over the management of the New Gallery of the City of Linz .
Since May 2004 Peter Baum has been working as a freelance exhibition curator, art writer and auction expert.
Activity as exhibition curator
Together with Helmuth Gsöllpointner, Baum initiated the forum metall in 1977 , an exhibition of sculptures on the Danube area in Linz, which has developed into a permanent establishment. He made Austrian Expressionism known in exhibitions and publications, using the examples of Siegfried Anzinger , Christian Ludwig Attersee , Oskar Kokoschka , Gotthard Muhr , Arnulf Rainer , Karl Rössing , Franz von Zülow . He is the editor of catalogs on Herbert Bayer , Othmar Zechyr , Alfred Kubin , Emil Schumacher , Forum Metall and author of monographs on Hans Staudacher , Karl Korab , Peter Kubovsky , Karl Fred Dahmen and others
Gallery and museum management
- 1965–1969 gallery on the Stubenbastei, Vienna
- 1971–1974 Galerie Schottenring, Vienna
- 1974–2003 New Gallery of the City of Linz
- 2003–2004 Lentos Art Museum Linz
Recognitions
Publications
- Franz von Zulow . 1883-1963. With 32 color illustrations and 53 black and white illustrations. Published by Hans Schaumberger, Molden Edition, Fritz Molden Verlag , Vienna 1980, ISBN 3-217-01063-9 , 120 pages.
- with Hans Weichselbaum : Jože Ciuha . Watercolors for poems. Poems by Georg Trakl , Ed. Weihergut, Salzburg 2001, ISBN 3-901125-33-7 , Akvareli na pesmi Georga Trakla. Mohorjeva, Celovec 2002, ISBN 3-85013-908-5 .
- Expressionism in Austria . Figure, landscape, portrait 1900 to 2000. Works from the New Gallery of the City of Linz . Lentos Art Museum Linz 2002
- with Brigitte Reutner, Elisabeth Nowak-Thaller: Lentos Art Museum Linz: Paintings - the collection , catalog, Lentos Art Museum, Linz 2003, ISBN 3-902223-05-7 .
- with Carl Aigner : Peter Baum - Photograph , illustrated book, Brandstätter, Vienna 2004, ISBN 3-85498-365-4 .
- Texts and photographs , foreword by Klaus Albrecht Schröder , Böhlau-Verlag, Vienna 2009, ISBN 978-3-205-78335-0 .
literature
- Monika Spiller: Baum, Peter . In: General Artist Lexicon . The visual artists of all times and peoples (AKL). Volume 7, Saur, Munich a. a. 1993, ISBN 3-598-22747-7 , p. 577.
Web links
- Literature by and about Peter Baum in the catalog of the German National Library
Individual evidence
- ^ Monday Forum - Short biography of Peter Baum, accessed on March 16, 2012
- ↑ APA OTS congratulations from Federal President Heinz Fischer on his 70th birthday, Presidential Chancellery, February 11, 2009
- ^ Peter Baum: Expressionism in Austria . Figure, landscape, portrait 1900 to 2000. Works from the New Gallery of the City of Linz . Lentos Art Museum Linz 2002
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Tree, Peter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian artist, museum director, art critic |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 11, 1939 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |