Waltraud Goffitzer-Thalhammer
Waltraud Goffitzer-Thalhammer also Waltraud Thalhammer, later Waltraud Praschak-Thalhammer (born December 23, 1942 in Steyr ) is an Austrian graphic designer , ceramist , textile artist and university teacher .
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Waltraud Thalhammer studied from 1959 to 1963 at the Art School of the City of Linz the tray Free Graphics at Alfons Ortner , and from 1963 to 1964 advertising art .
From 1964 to 1970 she stayed in Denmark, married the ceramist Günter Praschak and made screen-printed designs for ceramic series. After her return to Austria in 1970, Praschak-Thalhammer intensified her occupation with ceramics, especially glaze techniques . From 1973 she turned to textile wall design . From 1983 she dealt intensively with old painting techniques, such as ( casein and egg tempera ).
In 1974 she became a member of the artists' association MAERZ and from 1976 to 1999 she was a member of the Künstlerhaus Wien . From 1980 to 1997 she was a lecturer for color theory and product design at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design in Linz .
The artist married (after her divorce (1988) from Günter Praschak ) in 1990 with the architect and Linz university professor Friedrich Goffitzer , with whom she was married until his death in 2010. In 2015 she handed over Goffitzer's estate to the Catholic Private University Linz .
Works
Between 1972 and 1996 she created a series of commissioned works for public and private spaces.
- With Alfons Ortner and Günter Praschak: Design and design of a ceramic wall on the TBC building of the General Hospital in Linz (1972)
- Commissioned work textile room dividers for a showroom of the Wiesner and Haager furniture company, 1976
- Commissioned work painted wall panels using casein technology, entrance hall and lounge for the home for the disabled in Vöcklabruck, 1977
- 8 batiks for the common room and dining room of the day care center of Lebenshilfe Linz, 1978
- 6 ceramic cladding of planters in the New Gallery of the City of Linz , 1979
- Design of a tabernacle door for the Old Catholic Church in Prunerstift , Linz, 1979
- Two tempera pictures for the common room of the day care center in Altenfelden , 1982
- Design of the hall entrance doors in the culture and leisure center for the blind, Linz, 1985
- Artistic wall design in ceramic in the new entrance area of the BBRZ, Linz, 1986
- Design of a tabernacle, a way of the cross and a glass window in the Kapuzinerkirche, Linz
- Artistic design of a fountain for a bank, Linz
- Design of a marble wall in the customer center of the Upper Austrian Chamber of Commerce , Linz, 1992
- Color design of exhibition bodies for the Upper Austrian State Exhibition in 1994 in Engelhartszell , 1993 and 1994
- Wall design with ceramic appliqués and painted panels in acrylic technique for a bank, 1994 and 1996
- Illustration and cover design for the book Euro Grips by Elisabeth Vera Rathenböck and Peter Klimitsch , 1996
Exhibitions
- Graphic work , Club of Encounters, Linz, 1970
- Textile graphics , joint exhibition with Günter Praschak in the March gallery , Linz, 1974
- Contemporary Textile Art from Austria , joint exhibition with Edda Seidl-Reiter and the Vienna Cultural Center, 1975
- Textile Art 78 , joint exhibition at the Upper Austrian Chamber of Commerce, Linz
- Textile Art Austria , Halbturn Castle , 1979
- Solo exhibition at Galerie Riha, Linz, 1980
- Textilkunst 81 , joint exhibition in Linz and in the Künstlerhaus Vienna , 1981
- Solo exhibition graphics, textiles, ceramics at the University of Artistic and Industrial Design Linz, 1986
- Painting and graphics , solo exhibition in the Club of Encounter, Linz, 1989
- Nachtwandler-Tagdäumer , solo exhibition in the gallery in March, 1990
- Things we never did, Gallery March, 2010
- Wegmarks, MAERZ 1952 to 2002 , Architekturforum Oberösterreich , 2013
Awards
- Gold medal for ceramics at the international ceramics exhibition Concorso Internationale delta Ceramika d´Arte in Faenza , 1973
Web links
Individual evidence
- ↑ Waltraud Thalhammer, in: The website of the Künstlerhaus Wien queried on December 6, 2015
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Goffitzer-Thalhammer, Waltraud |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Thalhammer, Waltraud; Praschak-Thalhammer, Waltraud |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian graphic designer, ceramist, textile artist and university professor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | December 23, 1942 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Steyr |