Slavi soucek
Slavi Soucek (born August 11, 1898 in Vienna ; † January 6, 1980 in Salzburg ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist.
Slavi Soucek attended the graphic teaching and research institute in Vienna and studied at the Academy of Fine Arts until 1919 . After his studies he lived in Germany, Spain and Prague and from 1943 in Salzburg. After the end of the Second World War, Soucek was one of the first representatives of abstract art in Salzburg. In 1952 he founded a gallery for contemporary art with the painter Gustav Kurt Beck . In 1954 a graphic experimental workshop for budding artists was started in the gallery . From 1955 he taught with Oskar Kokoschka at the International Summer Academy for Fine Arts .
The State of Salzburg has been awarding the Slavi Soucek Prize for graphics since 1973 in recognition of Soucek's achievements .
Publications
- Slavi soucek. Painting, graphics, carpets. Catalog, Neue Galerie, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum, Linz 1970.
- with Anette Eisler: Slavi Soucek. Catalog for the exhibitions in the Gallery of the City of Salzburg and in the Exhibition Pavilion 1998, Professional Association of Fine Artists Salzburg, Verlag Galerie Welz, Salzburg 1998, ISBN 3-85349-229-0 .
literature
- Hermann Stuppäck (Ed.): Slavi Soucek. A pioneer of Austrian modernism. Workbook with illustrations by the artist, texts by Ernst Köller and others, Winter, Salzburg, 1981, ISBN 3-85380-025-4 .
Web links
- Literature by and about Slavi Soucek in the catalog of the German National Library
- Entry on Slavi Soucek in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
- Slavi Soucek on Salzburgwiki
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Soucek, Slavi |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 11, 1898 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |
| DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 1980 |
| Place of death | Salzburg |