Wilfried Skreiner

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Wilfried August Skreiner (born October 8, 1927 in Graz ; † April 21, 1994 there ) was an Austrian lawyer and art historian .

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Wilfried Skreiner was born on October 8, 1927 in Graz into a middle-class family. After completing general school education and graduating from high school , he began studying law and art history at the University of Graz . He completed both studies with a doctorate , before working in both areas after graduation. In his dissertation , published in 1963, he wrote about the representations of transience in Western painting. From 1966 he worked as a professor at the University of Graz - he completed his habilitation in the 1970s with a thesis on Alfred Wickenburg - and in the same year became director of the Neue Galerie Graz at the Landesmuseum Joanneum . Furthermore, in 1966 he launched the International Painting Weeks and in 1967 initiated the numerous trigon exhibitions as part of steirischer herbst . The trigon Biennale was originally founded in 1963 by Hanns Koren and held until 1995.

Under his direction, around 600 exhibitions were realized in the Neue Galerie. From the mid-1970s and especially in the 1980s, Skreiner advocated the so-called New Painting in Austria and the so-called New Wilders . These included representatives such as Erwin Bohatsch , Hubert Schmalix , Alfred Klinkan and Alois Mosbacher . However, he not only campaigned for the younger generation, but also praised older artists such as Mario Decleva , whom he described as “one of the few really informal artists, not only in Styria”. In addition, Skreiner was a member of the cultural board of trustees and also served at times on the steirischer herbst directorate . For almost 30 years he helped shape the local art scene until his death.

In the course of his life, Skreiner published numerous art-specific works and artist biographies. Books about Franz Blum , Rudolf Szyszkowitz , Mario Ballocco , Alfred Wickenburg , Axl Leskoschek , Gianni Colombo , Karl Stark , Nadežda Prvulović , Peter Pongratz , Robert Keil , Fred Hartig , Marcello Morandini , Max Weiler and Alfred Kubin were created . Other books in which he was the main author were Austrian Painting (1973), Emotions (1971), Hans-Fronius-Archive (1968) and Religious Art Today (1968). In addition, he was involved as a co-author of ten different works.

Skreiner died on April 21, 1994 at the age of 66 in his hometown Graz. The Austrian contribution to the graphic biennial in Zagreb , which took place around three weeks later, was also dedicated in memory of Wilfried Skreiner . From May 30 to June 30, 1995, a special exhibition entitled In Memoriam Wilfried Skreiner was held in his honor at the Neue Galerie Graz . The book Wilfried Skreiner was also published in 1995 through the Neue Galerie , a homage to the gallery director who had died a year earlier.

On 20 October 2000 was first named after Skreiner and initially with 100,000 shillings and later with 7,500 euros doped Wilfried Skreiner prize in the Neue Galerie awarded; The first winner was the performance and photo artist Elke Krystufek, born in 1970 . The award, which the Society of Friends of the Neue Galerie commemorates and honors the merits of Univ.-Prof. GDR. Wilfried Skreiner, whose commitment to the promotion and development of young Austrian artists is donated, has been awarded every two years since then. Today (as of 2019) there is a portrait bust of Skreiner made from bronze by Erwin Huber in the Neue Galerie .

His niece is the renowned divorce lawyer Ursula Xell-Skreiner, who was born in Graz in 1967 and has lived in Vienna since 1988 .

Works (selection)

  • 1966: Alfred Kubin
  • 1968: Religious Art Today
  • 1968: Hans Fronius Archive
  • 1970: Max Weiler
  • 1970: Marcello Morandini
  • 1970: Fred Hartig
  • 1971: Robert Keil
  • 1971: Peter Pongratz
  • 1971: Nadežda Prvulović
  • 1971: Karl Stark
  • 1971: Gianni Colombo
  • 1971: feelings
  • 1971: Axl Leskoschek
  • 1972: Alfred Wickenburg
  • 1973: Austrian painting
  • 1973: Mario Ballocco
  • 1977: Rudolf Szyszkowitz
  • 1987: The sculptor Franz Blum

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b c d portrait bust of Wilfried Skreiner , accessed on August 25, 2019
  2. ↑ a b c d e f g "Wilfried Skreiner Prize" for performance and photo artist Elke Krystufek , accessed on August 25, 2019
  3. ↑ Dreiländer-Biennale trigon , accessed on August 25, 2019
  4. ^ Austrian contribution Graphic Biennale Zagreb (in memoriam Wilfried Skreiner) on the official website of basis wien , accessed on August 25, 2019
  5. ↑ In Memoriam Wilfried Skreiner on the official website of basis wien , accessed on August 25, 2019
  6. ↑ Wilfried Skreiner , accessed on August 25, 2019
  7. ^ Wilfried Skreiner Prize 2010 to MARLENE HARING , accessed on August 25, 2019
  8. ↑ Ursula Xell-Skreiner on club-carriere.com, accessed on August 25, 2019
personal data
SURNAME Skreiner, Wilfried
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Skreiner, Wilfried August (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian lawyer and art historian
DATE OF BIRTH October 8, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Graz , Austria
DATE OF DEATH April 21, 1994
Place of death Graz , Austria