Walter Schmoegner
Walter Schmögner (born June 11, 1943 in Vienna ) is an Austrian painter, draftsman, book artist, sculptor and set designer.
Life
Walter Schmögner is the second child of the painter Theobald Schmögner and his wife Rita. He spent his childhood with his brother in Toledo . Later he also spent longer stays abroad in Frankfurt a. M., Paris, New York, Hamburg, Zurich, Munich and London.
After returning to Vienna, Schmögner attended the graphic teaching and research institute . Viktor Matejka , the former City Councilor for Culture in Vienna, recognized the talent of the young artist and became his first sponsor. Schmögner had his first exhibition in 1963 with Wilhelm Herzog and in the gallery "33 stairs" (apartment gallery). Schmögner lives in Vienna and in southern Burgenland. He currently lives in a relationship with judge Sandra Mathes.
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Central themes of his work are, on the one hand, intensely colored confrontations with light and, on the other hand, gray, gloomy architectural fantasies, mostly located in the underground.
In the beginning it was bizarre pen drawings of human weaknesses, of animals, exploding clocks and drowned people or people sent into the abyss, but a new phase began in the early 1970s.
In the 1980s Schmögner began to paint on canvas, mainly large-format works, often intensely colored confrontations with light or gray underground architectural fantasies. In the late 1990s, filigree sculptures were made from hemp cords and willow branches, wrapped in paper, painted and protected by a glass lintel.
Schmögner is also responsible for 30 books, children's books and art books. Some of them were a collaboration with HC Artmann , Barbara Frischmuth , Peter Hacks and Helmut Qualtinger , others as artistic book design for Robert Walser and Hermann Hesse . “The Dragon Book” was awarded the “German Youth Literature Prize” and has been translated into twelve languages.
Exhibitions
- 1970 Museum of the 20th Century , Vienna
- 1972 Musée d'Art Moderne , Paris, Kunsthaus Zürich
- 1976 Works from 12 years in the Albertina , Vienna
- 1979 Paul Facchetti Gallery, Paris and Zurich
- 1991 Magic rooms in the Schirn Kunsthalle Frankfurt
- 1995 New works in the Kunsthalle Frauenbad, Baden near Vienna
- 1997 Retrospective 1963–1996, Historical Museum of the City of Vienna
- 2004 Burgenland State Gallery Eisenstadt
- 2013 1look. Art in the vestibule. Hallein. [1]
- 2018 Sculptures & Objects in the Albertina , Vienna
Awards
- 2004: Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the State of Vienna
- 2010: Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts
Individual evidence
- ↑ Marliese Mendel: "The story of Kommerzialrat Wilhelm Herzog, 1912-1992 (books duke)", 2011; The literature buffet
Web links
- Literature by and about Walter Schmögner in the catalog of the German National Library
- Homepage of Walter Schmögner
- Entry on Walter Schmögner in the Austria Forum (in the AEIOU Austria Lexicon )
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Schmögner, Walter |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | June 11, 1943 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |