Siegfried L. Kratochwil
Siegfried Leopold Kratochwil (born March 24, 1916 in Karlstift , Lower Austria ; † February 25, 2005 ) was an Austrian painter and poet. He is considered one of the most famous Austrian naive painters .
Life
Kratochwil was born in 1916 in a lumberjack settlement in Karlstift (Lower Austria). After attending vocational school, he first worked as a mechanic and toolmaker. He was forced to try his hand at many different professions. In 1939 he married. The first years of marriage were very problematic as a result of the war, the Russian occupation of Vienna and the economic hardship. His poor health saved him from the military. Kratochwil had to work in an armaments factory.
Kratochwil helped his daughter, who was born in 1941, with drawing and painting - that was the beginning of a 50-year passion for painting that mainly focused on Austrian motifs from culture and history. Kratochwil also dealt with poetry and etchings.
Siegfried L. Kratochwil liked to paint Viennese motifs and wrote a poem for each picture. He was buried in Vienna in 2005.
Collections
Works by Kratochwil can be found in:
- Historical Museum of the City of Vienna , Austria
- Clemens Sels Museum , Neuss, Germany
- Vestisches Museum , Recklinghausen, Germany
- Museum of European Cultures , Berlin, Germany
- Museum Rade , Hamburg, Germany
- German Bread Museum , Ulm, Germany
- Centraal Museum Utrecht , Utrecht, Netherlands
- Museum de Naïve Art L'ile de France , Paris, France
- Musée international d'Art naïf Anatole Jakovsky , Nice, France
- Provincial Museum of Lower Austria , Vienna, Austria
- Robert Stolz Museum , Vienna, Austria
- Musée d'Art Naïf - Max Fourny
gallery
The chestnut fryer, Vienna
Frankfurt, Germany
The horse smith, Karlstift, Lower Austria
Vienna Alte-Donau, Vienna
At the flea market, Vienna
The sausage stand, Vienna
The playground, Vienna
literature
- The heavy bag goes around. Old and new children's games. Rowohlt Taschenbuch Verlag, 1979, ISBN 3-499-20217-4 .
- Wolfgang Kos, Christian Rapp : Old Vienna: the city that never was. Czernin Verlag, 2004, ISBN 3-7076-0193-5 .
Web links
- Siegfried L. Kratochwil website
- Food News short artist biographies
supporting documents
- ^ Guy Northrop: Living with Art - "The sophistication of those 'naive' painters". Oates Gallery, Memphis, USA 1977.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Kratochwil, Siegfried L. |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Kratochwil, Siegfried Leopold (full name) |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and poet |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 24, 1916 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Karlstift , Lower Austria |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 25, 2005 |