Richard Hirschbäck

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Richard Hirschbäck ( July 2, 1937 - July 13, 2007 ) was an Austrian painter and co-founder of the Austrian art association Gruppe 77 .

Life and works

Hirschbäck was born on July 2, 1937 in Schwarzach St. Veit . He attended the Benedictine boarding school "Edmundsburg" in Salzburg . From 1956 to 1961 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under the direction of Prof. Albert Paris Gütersloh . After completing his studies, Hirschbäck moved to Thumersbach , Zell am See , in 1962 , where he lived and worked until his death. In 1969 he became a member of the Graz Secession , followed by the Salzburg Art Association in 1971. After leaving the Graz Secession in 1977, he founded the “Gruppe 77” in Graz together with former colleagues from that association .

The proximity to Lake Zell and the surrounding mountains made it possible for Hirschbäck to explore nature and its relationship to the urban environment. This topic had a strong presence throughout his career. Hirschbäck mostly dealt with classical painting such as oil on canvas, as well as installations and assemblage . He often used atypical objects such as doors or windows as the basis of his works. He had a strict work ethic and painted every day. In addition to classic painting, Hirschbäck left behind thousands of works on paper that were made with ink, pencil, watercolor, tempera, oil and mixed techniques.

In the first phase of his career, from the late 1950s to the 1960s, Hirschbäck occupied himself with geometric compositions. In the 1970s, he expanded the subject of landscape to include dreams, fantasy and fiction. In the 1980s and 1990s, Hirschbäck devoted himself to abstract art , oscillating between expressionist works and geometric compositions. These dominated during the 2000s. At times, Hirschbäck used texts and poetry in his pictures, with references to literature. But the Hebrew alphabet was also used in his works.

In 1972 Hirschbäck received the “Köflach” art prize, followed by a retrospective exhibition in the new gallery of the city of Linz - at that time known as the Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum - today's LENTOS Art Museum Linz .

Hirschbäck died on July 13, 2007 in Thumersbach, Zell am See.

His works can be found in the art collections of the Albertina Museum in Vienna, in the Artothek des Bundes in the Austrian Belvedere Gallery in Vienna and in the Lentos Art Museum Linz in Linz.

literature

  • Box, Walter. Richard Hirschbaeck: Painting - Graphics; New Gallery of the City of Linz Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, May 18 to June 11, 1972, Druck- u. Publishing house Gutenberg, 1972. [11]
  • Grimmer, Dietgard. Richard Hirschbäck, In cooperation with the gallery in TRAKLHAUS, Salzburg, 1992
  • RAURIS 1981, TRAKLHAUS, Arge-Alp-Symposium + Malertage, Salzburg, 1981
  • Gerhard Haberl, Horst. Richard Hirschbäck, publication in collaboration with Galerie H, Graz, on the occasion of the exhibitions in the AM RABENSTEIG gallery, Vienna and in the TRAKLHAUS, Salzburg, 1975
  • Hirschbäck, exhibition catalog, Künstlerhaus, Salzburg, 1981
  • Hirschbäck, Richard. Richard Hirschbäck, exhibition catalog, GIM Gallery Munich, 1986
  • Grimmer, Dietgard. Cross-section, Traklhaus, Salzburg, 1992
  • Künstlergruppe 77, Graz, Künstlergruppe 77, Graz, 1991
  • Neuhold, Alois. Hommage a Gerhard Lojen, Minoriten Galleries Graz, artist group 77, Graz, 2007
  • Impatient paper, exhibition by the artist group 77 Graz in the Vienna Secession, October 1984
  • Wagner, Gabriele. Richard Hirschbäck - Nebelfresser, exhibition catalog, Stadtgalerie Salzburg, 2018

Web links

Commons : Richard Hirschbäck  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Foundation - Group 77 . Retrieved September 16, 2017.
  2. ↑ Hirschbäck, Richard. Richard Hirschbäck, exhibition catalog, GIM Gallery Munich, 1986
  3. ^ Box, Walter. Richard Hirschbaeck: Painting - Graphics; New Gallery of the City of Linz Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, May 18 to June 11, 1972 , Druck- u. Publishing house Gutenberg, 1972
  4. ^ Albertina Collections Online . Albertina, Vienna. Reviewed in September 2017
  5. ↑ similar objects Richard Hirschbäck . Art library of the federal government. Reviewed in September 2017
  6. ↑ Hirschbaeck Richard, Grown central figure. Lentos Art Museum Linz. Reviewed in September 2017
personal data
SURNAME Hirschbäck, Richard
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter
DATE OF BIRTH July 2, 1937
PLACE OF BIRTH Schwarzach St. Veit
DATE OF DEATH July 13, 2007