Robert Angerhofer

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Robert Angerhofer (born April 27, 1895 in Hinterstoder ; † April 11, 1987 there ) was an Austrian painter , graphic artist , sculptor and interior designer . He is considered an important representative of the New Objectivity in Austria.

Live and act

Angerhofer attended high school in Wels . He returned from the First World War with a shrapnel wound. From 1918 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Peter Halm . Then he settled in Schlierbach at Dorff Castle. In 1938 he married the art teacher Hertha Deissinger. He joined the NSDAP and in 1941 received the Gau Culture Prize for painting in the Gau Oberdonau . After the Second World War, the artist was largely forgotten. In 1926 he joined the artists' association MAERZ , in 1937 he became a member of the Künstlerhaus Wien for the first time , and again in 1938 and 1950, after having been canceled for various reasons in the meantime.

Works

Exhibitions

Between 2005 and 2015, the artist's works were shown in the following group exhibitions:

  • The Order of Things - New Objectivity in Upper Austria , State Gallery at the Upper Austrian State Museum (2005)
  • The Führer’s cultural capital, Schlossmuseum Linz , 2009
  • 100 Years of MAERZ, The Beginnings 1913 to 1938, Nordico , 2013
  • From the Art and War Collection - The First World War Experience from an Artistic Point of View, State Gallery at the Upper Austrian State Museum
  • Wicked mothers. Between strength and crisis: pictures of mothers from 1900 to today, Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz , 2015

As part of the art exhibition in Munich, Angerhofer was one of the few Upper Austrian artists, one of whom was shown:

  • Chalk drawing Path through the upper stroke , in an art exhibition in Munich at the Haus der Kunst (1937)

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Artist biographies , in: Press release 100 years of MAERZ, The beginnings 1913 to 1938, Linz, 2013 queried on November 16, 2015
  2. ^ Robert Angerhofer in biographies of artists in the forum OoeGeschichte.at
  3. ↑ Membership directory, Künstlerhaus Wien , in: Wladimir Aichelburg's website accessed on November 16, 2015
personal data
SURNAME Angerhofer, Robert
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter, graphic artist, sculptor and interior designer
DATE OF BIRTH April 27, 1895
PLACE OF BIRTH Hinterstoder
DATE OF DEATH April 11, 1987
Place of death Hinterstoder