Peter Kubovsky

Peter Kubovsky (born December 4, 1930 in Lundenburg , South Moravia ; † January 20, 2014 in Linz , Upper Austria ) was an Austrian draftsman and painter .

Life

In 1945 Peter Kubovsky came to Zell am Moos in Upper Austria as a war refugee , where he initially worked in a sawmill . At the age of 17 he began his studies at the art school of the city of Linz with Alfons Ortner . After graduating in 1953, he worked as a freelance artist in Linz. His wife was the Austrian painter and art teacher Margit Palme . Their daughter was born in 1958.

In 1963 he was appointed lecturer at the University for Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz in the master class for painting and graphics , where he worked from 1973 as a university assistant and from 1981 as a senior assistant with the professional title of professor. From 1995 he was associate professor . and shaped numerous subsequent artistic personalities in Upper Austria such as Robert Oltay and Martin Staufner . In 1996 Peter Kubovsky retired .

Kubovsky played a formative role in the artists' association MAERZ . The major themes of his works included nature, depictions of cities, landscapes and architecture, and studies of the human body.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (excerpt)

1977: New Gallery-Wolfgang Gurlitt-Museum of the City of Linz (today Lentos ) Peter Kubovsky, drawings from the complete works 1947–1977
2005: Art University Linz : From Art School to Art University Linz
2013/2014: Peter Kubovsky - drawing and painting - works from seven decades, foyer of Governor Pühringer's office

Group exhibitions (excerpt)

Art in architecture: Sgraffito Leonfeldner Straße

1956: Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam Austrian contemporary art
1970: Künstlerhaus Wien , MOTIVE / City and townscapes Austrian artists since 1910
2000: World Exhibition Hanover, Upper Austria Pavilion

Works of art in public space

"Drei Schnitter", sgraffito in Regerstraße 1 in Linz, 1958
"Vogelflug", sgraffito in Ontlstrasse 1/3 in Linz, 1959
“Tree of Knowledge”, glass mosaic at Hölderlinstrasse 9 in Linz, 1961
"Sgraffito Leonfeldner Strasse", at Leonfeldner Strasse 153 in Linz, 1964

Awards

Prize winner of the Austrian graphic competitions in Innsbruck (1958, 1961 and 1971)
Art Prize of the City of Linz (1962)
Art Prize of the Province of Upper Austria (1969)
Price of Theodor Körner Foundation (1964 and 1968)
2nd prize for graphics from the City of Vienna (competition) (1972)
Culture Prize of the State of Upper Austria for Fine Arts (1983)
Heinrich Gleißner Prize (1995)

literature

Around thirty publications deal with the work of Peter Kubovsky.

Web links

Commons : Peter Kubovsky - collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

personal data
SURNAME	Kubovsky, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian draftsman and painter
DATE OF BIRTH	4th December 1930
PLACE OF BIRTH	Lundenburg
DATE OF DEATH	20th January 2014
Place of death	Linz

[1] Margit Palme

[2] Biography of Peter Kubovsky on the website of the city of Linz

[3] Kubovsky142014 Governor Pühringer pays tribute to the deceased State Culture Prize winner Peter Kubovsky: "Upper Austria and Austria are losing great artistic personality"

[4] Drei Schnitter, in: Web presence of the city of Linz

[5] Sgraffito Leonfeldner Straße by Peter Kubovsky, in: Webpräsenz der Stadt Linz

[6] Vogelflug, in: Web presence of the city of Linz

[7] Sgraffito Leonfeldner Straße by Peter Kubovsky, in: Webpräsenz der Stadt Linz