Peter Willburger

Peter Willburger (born August 24, 1942 in Hall in Tirol ; † March 13, 1998 in Raito di Vietri sul Mare ) was an Austrian painter and etcher.

Life

Peter Willburger, born in Hall in Tirol in 1942 , spent his first study visit in 1963 (thanks to a scholarship for gifted students from the State of Tyrol), newlywed with his wife Eva in southern Italy. From 1964 to 1968 he lived with his wife and daughter, who was born in the south, to Vienna to study with Max Weiler at the Academy of Fine Arts . After this study visit to Vienna, he returned to the south in 1968, this time to the Costiera Amalfitana , where he lived and worked for 30 years. He died there on March 13, 1998 after a long illness; he was buried in his hometown Hall in Tirol.

Services

Peter Willburger, honorary sign holder of the city of Hall and honorary citizen of the city of Vietri sul Mare , has spent his life researching etching technology and the search for "pure watercolor " (water, organic colors, paper pulp). The focus of his artistic work was to discover new values with these ancient techniques. He developed into one of the most important representatives of the art of etching, which u. a. also resulted in numerous awards and invitations to conferences and seminars in Europe and the USA.

Prizes and awards

1976 Florence, International Jury Prize, 5th Biennale Internazionale della Grafica
1984 Innsbruck, 1st prize from the Federal Ministry for Education and the Arts, 19th Austrian graphics competition
1984 Fredrikstad, International Jury Prize, 7th Norwegian International Print Biennale
1996 Vienna, 1st knot prize, honor as "Professor", ceremony in the Albertina
1997 Innsbruck, conferred the title of professor
1997 Hall in Tirol, decoration of the city of Hall
1999 Vietri sul Mare, honorary citizen of the city of Vietri sul Mare (Salerno)
1999 Salerno, opening of the "Artisti Stanieri" section in the Pinacoteca Provinciale with his works in permanent exhibition
2010 Hall in Tirol, allocation and naming of "Peter-Willburger-Straße"

Works

His works can be found in important private and public collections and museums: the Albertina Graphic Collection Vienna, the Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum Innsbruck, Haller City Museum, the Museum of Modern Art in Skopje, Ljubljana, Krakow and Ecuador-Quito, the Statens Museum for Kunst Copenhagen, the copper engraving collection of the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, Calcografia Nazionale Roma. After his death, the widow Eva and representatives of the Austrian art and culture scene founded the "Kunstverein Peter Willburger" in order to further spread and preserve the artistic memory of Peter Willburger. The city of Salerno honored the artist posthumously with the purchase of 10 works that are permanently exhibited in the Pinacoteca Provinciale di Salerno, the city of Naples with a large exhibition in the Palazzo Reale in 2001; the Provincia di Milano is dedicating an exhibition to the artist (Il Segno el`Incanto) in Milan on the 10th anniversary of his death in 2008 as well as the city of Hall in Tirol in Hasegg Castle . The Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum is holding a large anthological exhibition in 2010 (Networks with Soul). In 2012, an exhibition of his works on his 70th birthday took place in Ambras Castle , curated by Elmar Zorn, Munich; above all to posthumously honor the portal "Fuga & Quod libet" designed by the artist in 1997 with his etchings.

Portal "Fuga & Quod libet" Ambras Castle
Etching "stairs and shadows"
Etching "Seasons"
Watercolor "profile"

Solo exhibitions

1963 Acciaroli (Salerno), "Still Life"
1967 Innsbruck, Galerie Zentrum 107
1972 Roma, Studio S, with Salvador Dali, brochure
1975 Firenze, Il Bisonte, catalog, texts by Dario Micacchi
1978 Venice, Corbo & Fiore, brochure, texts by Magda Leonhard
1979 Hall / Tirol, Hasegg Castle, catalog, texts by Guido Strazza and Peter Willburger
1979 Vienna, Academy of Fine Arts, Theseus Temple, "Tempi Mediterranei"
1979 Matera, Sassi, La Scaletta, seminar and exhibition
1981 Bari, Galleria Fante dei Fiori
1982 Salerno, Galleria Taide, brochure, texts Filiberto Menna
1983 Vienna, Albertina, catalog, texts W. Koschatzky, GC Argan, Peter Willburger
1984 Innsbruck, Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, catalog, texts by Gert Ammann
1984 Vienna, Galerie Elefant
1986 Innsbruck, art pavilion , folding picture "Wochenkalender" - performance and presentation of the documentary DVD "A day in the calendar" (10`) by Rosaria Mari, Salerno
1987 Innsbruck, Galerie Thomas Flora, "Poiesis", text by Eva Hesse
1989 Munich, Galerie Maeder, catalog, texts by Dieter Ronte
1991 Innsbruck, Galerie Thomas Flora
1992 Salerno, Galleria Fovea, brochure, texts by M. Buonuomo and A. D'Avossa
1994 Ulm, Stadthaus, catalog, texts by Dieter Ronte and Peter Willburger
1994 Innsbruck, CA gallery, texts by Elmar Zorn
1995 Vietri sul Mare, Salerno, Palazzo Soleri, brochure, texts Konrad Oberhuber, E. Zorn, flute concert Wolfgang Schulz (Vienna Philharmonic)
1995 Di Mauro -Cava dT art calendar, Salerno, "Coasts", texts by Pietro Amos, Patrizia Fiorillo, Peter Willburger
1995 Vienna, Diners Club, gallery, präs. Peter Kodera
1996 Napoli, Istituto Suor Orsola Benincasa, brochure, texts Konrad Oberhuber, Cesare de Seta, Peter Willburger
1996 Hall / Tyrol, Elefant Gallery, Hasegg Castle, etchings, watercolors. Presentation by Konrad Oberhuber; First performance of Werner Pirchner's trombone concerto "Der Strich des Etcher", composition for P. Willburger; Artist portrait in the magazine "Tirol" (No. 45/1996), texts by Konrad Oberhuber and Peter Willburger
1996 Glass sculpture "Inside view" - Maurach-Achensee secondary school, presentation by Prof. E. Zorn and Arch. E. Bliem
1996 Ceremony and honor in the Albertina Vienna in the presence of Provincial Councilor F. Astl and Hofrat K. Oberhuber, 1st "Knot Prize"
1996 Rome, Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, project "Fuga & Quod libet", portal design for Ambras Castle; 17 large-format etchings on iron plates, brochure, texts by Konrad Oberhuber
1997 Ambras Castle, installation of the portal and exhibition of the etchings that were removed from the portal panels before assembly. Technical execution: Arch. Ernst Bliem, Hall / Tirol; Catalog with contributions by W. Seipel, K. Oberhuber and E. Zorn
1997 Kunsthalle Tirol / Salzlager Hall / Tirol, presented by Elmar Zorn; Catalog with texts by K. Oberhuber and Peter Willburger

Posthumous solo exhibitions and initiatives (in collaboration with the Kunstverein Peter Willburger)

1998 Foundation of the "Kunstverein Peter Willburger"
1999 Town Hall Hall, glass sculpture "Inside view"
Since 1999 permanent exhibition with works by Peter Willburger in the Pinacoteca Provinciale, Salerno
2000 Peter Willburger 1942–1998, curated by Ernst Bliem and the Kunstverein Peter Willburger, Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck
2000 Publication of the monograph "Peter Willburger" - 1942–1998, in collaboration with the Albertina, Vienna; With collected contributions from international critics and all texts written by the artist himself as well as with illustrations of all works and an extensive bibliography and biography
2001 Peter Willburger 1978–1998, curated by Angelo Trimarco, Palazzo Reale, Naples
2002 Etchings, watercolors, glass sculptures - Peter Willburger for his 60th birthday, curated by Ernst Bliem and the Kunstverein Peter Willburger, Rosenhaus, Hall in Tirol
2002 Peter Willburger for his 60th birthday - watercolors, mixed media and etchings, Galerie Thomas Flora, Innsbruck
2004 Io, sul sentiero degli Dei, curated by Massimo Bignardi, Tempio di Pomana, Salerno
2008 Il Segno el`Incanto, curated by Antonio d`Avossa, Palazzo Guicciardini, Milan
2008 Esplorazioni. Incisioni di Peter Willburger, curated by Antonio d`Avossa and Ubaldo Rodari, Ghiffa - Lago Maggiore
2010 Networks with a soul. A homage to the etcher Peter Willburger, curated by Günther Dankl and Claudia Mark, presentation of the documentary film "Nothing disappears without a trace" (45`) by Daniel Pöhacker, Tyrolean State Museum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
2012 Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, Kunsthistorisches Museum Vienna, "Fuga & Quod libet", curated by Elmar Zorn
2017 “SELECTION from youth to maturity”, on the 75th birthday, in the 20th year of death, Galerie Thomas Flora, Innsbruck

Frescoes, ceramics, glass sculptures, important projects

1963 Wall fresco "La Vita" in the Acciaroli kindergarten (Salerno), 300 × 250 cm and first exhibition "Nature Morte", oil paintings at the Proloco Acciaroli
1969–70 ceramic wall panels for the secondary school in Schönegg / Hall, Tyrol, "La Vita", 200 × 150 cm - glazed grest panels with Bassorilievo at Ceramica Ernestine-Salerno. He also creates plates and designs for Ceramica Rifa; his last work in ceramics: "Profile", engraved unglazed ceramic panel 76 × 76 cm, realized by Ceramica Cear, Vietri sul Mare.
1986 Project "Weekly Calendar", a collage fold-out picture with 7 variations for the city of Hall in Tyrol
1995 Di Mauro art calendar, Cava dT-Salerno, "The Coasts" - etchings
1996 Glass sculpture "View inside", Maurach am Achensee secondary school, Tyrol
1996 Rome, Istituto Nazionale della Grafica, portal design project "Fuga & Quod libet", 17 engraved and etched iron plates for the design of the new entrance gate to the Spanish Hall at Ambras Castle, Innsbruck. Printing of the etchings from the iron plates in the Calcografia Nazionale in Rome before installation at Ambras Castle
1997 Ambras Castle, Innsbruck, installation of the portal "Fuga & Quod libet" and exhibition of the etchings. Presentation by Wilfried Seipel and Konrad Oberhuber; Performance of the music "Der Strich des Etcher", composed by Werner Pirchner for Peter Willburger; technical execution: Arch. Ernst Bliem, Hall / Tirol
1999 Town Hall Hall in Tirol, installation of the glass sculpture "Rückblick vorwärts", profiles of the mayor, designed by the artist in 1998; technical realization: Arch. Ernst Bliem, Hall / Tirol

Web links

Commons : Peter Willburger - Collection of images, videos and audio files

personal data
SURNAME	Willburger, Peter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	Austrian painter and etcher
DATE OF BIRTH	August 24, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hall in Tirol
DATE OF DEATH	March 13, 1998
Place of death	Raito di Vietri sul Mare