Werner Fenz

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Werner Fenz (born July 21, 1944 in Graz ; † June 24, 2016 there ) was an Austrian art historian, exhibition curator and long-time director of the Institute for Art in Public Spaces in Styria .

Life

Werner Fenz studied art history , German and archeology in Graz and Vienna until 1970 . From 1969 he was a research assistant at the Neue Galerie at the Landesmuseum Joanneum , where he headed the gallery from 1993 to 1997. From 1998 Fenz was project curator in the cultural department of Styria and in the cultural office of the city of Graz. In 2003 Fenz was again an employee of the Landesmuseum Joanneum. From 2006 to 2009 Fenz was head of department at the Künstlerhaus Graz . From 2006 to 2011 he was head of the Institute for Art in Public Spaces in Styria.

Werner Fenz was a member of the Federal Photography Advisory Board several times. He was on the Lower Austrian panel of experts for art in public spaces and was responsible for the artistic design of the government district of the new provincial capital St. Pölten . He was a member of the Styrian art and building jury and the art jury for the LKH 2000 project in Graz.

From 1970 Werner Fenz had a teaching position for art history at the Kunstgewerbeschule Graz and from 1976 at the Pedagogical Academy of the Diocese of Graz-Seckau and from 1979 at the Institute for Art History of the Karl-Franzens University Graz . In 1995 he qualified as a professor for contemporary art history. His project and research focus were art in public space, photography and contemporary art.

family

Werner Fenz was married to Ulrike Fenz-Kortschak and has a son, Daniel Kortschak.

scholarship

From 2020, the City of Graz's Department of Culture will advertise the Werner Fenz grant for artistic work in public space and award it biennially .

Publications

  • Koloman Moser , 1868–1918, paintings, graphics. Catalog of the exhibition, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Johanneum, Graz 1969.
  • with Horst Schweigert : New acquisitions 1966–1969. New gallery at the Landesmuseum Johanneum. Paintings, objects, sculptures. Catalog of the exhibition, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Johanneum, Graz 1970.
  • with Horst Schweigert: Georg Brucks 1880–1969. Paintings, graphics. Catalog of the exhibition in the corner room of the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Janneum, Graz 1970.
  • Karl Anton Wolf . Material images, plastic, graphics. Catalog of the exhibition, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1972.
  • Hans Bauer. 1915-1947. Paintings, graphics. Catalog of the exhibition in the corner room of the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1972.
  • Erich Tschinkel . Photos. Catalog of the exhibition in the corner room of the Landesmuseum Joanneum, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1972.
  • Koloman Moser. Graphics, applied arts, painting. University of Applied Arts Vienna (ed.), Residenz-Verlag, Salzburg 1984, ISBN 3-7017-0369-8 .
  • In the center of Graz's old town across from Kastner & Öhler. Sculptures, sculptures, objects of the present. Idea by Werner Fenz, concept and design by Werner Fenz and Sabine Eck, Neue Galerie am Landesmuseum Joanneum, Graz 1984.
  • Ditha Moser Whist. Piatnik Edition, Reprint, Vienna 1985, ISBN 3-900300-16 . - Whist playing cards, designed by Ditha Moser , Wiener Werkstätte, 1905. - online at a.trionfi.eu
  • Art in public space Styria . Projects 2007-2008. Art in public space Styria. Translated by Robin Benson et al., Springer, Vienna 2010, ISBN 978-3-7091-0118-6 .
  • with Hansjörg Bader, Evelyn Kraus: Heinz Hartwig . Herbert Nichols-Schweiger (Ed.), Book and DVD, Leykam, Graz 2012, ISBN 978-3-7011-7810-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Graz art historian Werner Fenz died at the age of 72 APA / Salzburger Nachrichten, June 27, 2016, accessed on June 27, 2016.
  2. ↑ Art historian Werner Fenz died at the age of 72 , kleinezeitung.at from June 27, 2016, accessed on June 27, 2016.
  3. ^ Institute for Art in Public Spaces Styria , oefflichekunst.at, accessed on June 27, 2016.
  4. ↑ Kleine Zeitung, print, godfather in the advertising section p.47, June 29, 2016. - "... Your wife Ulrike Fenz-Kortschak / and your son Daniel Kortschak / on behalf of the entire family.
  5. ^ City portal of the provincial capital Graz Graz-Riegler: Werner-Fenz-Scholarship of the city of Graz - city portal of the provincial capital Graz. Retrieved May 21, 2020 .
personal data
SURNAME Fenz, Werner
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian art historian
DATE OF BIRTH July 21, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz
DATE OF DEATH June 24, 2016
Place of death Graz