Salzburg group
The Salzburg Group was an association of Salzburg artists founded in 1951, which, according to its own self-image, formed the “top group of Salzburg’s visual artists”. The self-defined tasks were the usual ones for artists (e.g. organization of exhibitions, participation in external exhibitions, placement of orders, liaison with authorities, other art associations). The group did not pursue a uniform program, on the contrary, the motto was "intellectual plurality". However, the artists saw themselves as representatives of so-called “modern art”, which had not been represented in Salzburg's art scene until then.
To her counted u. a. Gustav Kurt Beck , Rudolf Hradil , Werner Otte, Herbert Breiter , Helga Eiterer, Trude Engelsberger, Hildegard Jantsch, Kay Krasnitzky , Agnes Muthspiel , Erna Neunteufel, Hermann Ober , Slavi Soucek , Irma Rafaela Toledo and Anton Steinhart . These painters were particularly close. A special feature was therefore that - when an exhibition was imminent - the group would move from studio to studio and jointly choose the best work. Artist guests were also invited to the exhibitions. The first exhibition took place in Salzburg in 1952 and then every two years.
The “Contemporary Art” gallery also emerged from this environment as a foundation by Gustav Kurt Beck and Slavi Soucek. In 1978 the gallery was closed and operated only through the attached graphic test workshop (today graphic workshop in the Traklhaus).
In cooperation with the Salzburg Art Association , domestic and foreign exhibitions were held until the end of the 1960s.
This group disbanded on November 5, 1969. The reason given - as can be read in the last minutes of the group - was that it had fulfilled its intended purpose, that the official subsidies were discontinued and that there was no new generation of young artists.
literature
- Gottfried Goiginger: Tolerance as a program. The Salzburger Kunstverein after 1945. In 150 Years of the Salzburger Kunstverein (Ed.), Art and the Public 1844-1994. Salzburg 1994, pp. 171-199.
- Eva Jandl-Jörg (2017). Summer in Salzburg. Kay Krasnitzky and other artists as Tursimo advertisers. The work of art of the month, 30th year, sheet 352. Salzburg Museum, Martin Hochleitner (Ed.).
Individual evidence
- ↑ Gottfried Gloiginger: Tolerance as a program. The Salzburger Kunstverein after 1945. In 150 Years of the Salzburger Kunstverein (Ed.), Art and the Public 1844–1994. Salzburg 1994, pp. 171-199.