Willy Hengl

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Willy Hengl (born October 4, 1927 in Litschau ; † January 22, 1997 ) was an Austrian painter and photographer .

Live and act

Sgraffito on the house of the former management of the quarries and hammer mill in Perg (1960)

Willy Hengl came to Haag (Lower Austria) with his parents in 1938 . He trained as an academic painter and initially designed sgraffitis on house facades . As a vocational school teacher in Linz , he came to amateur photography and artistic photography . Hengl was an extraordinary member of the artists ' association Künstlerhaus Wien from 1981 to 1986 . The house built according to his plans in the city of Haag in the 1950s is also used as an art museum and meeting place for artists.

At the beekeeping school of the Upper Austrian Beekeeping Association there is a sgraffito by Willy Hengl from 1965.

The artist was internationally successful, especially with his photographs, and received numerous achievement and honorary titles from all over the world. He has won several Austrian state prizes. In 1985 he was the initiator of the Traun City Gallery together with Heinz Begsteiger .

Photo gallery

The First Austrian Prof. Willy Hengl Photo Cabinet located in Traun with more than 10,000 photos is part of the gallery of the city of Traun.

Publications

  • Photo Design III. Success at exhibitions. Munich 1976, ISBN 3-87467-100-3 .
  • Timeless black and white in photography. Düsseldorf 1978, ISBN 3-87420-111-2 .
  • Image composition in black and white photography. Karlsruhe 1985, DNB 860385310 .
  • Take better photos while traveling. Ways to Better Photography. Linz 1985, ISBN 3-85214-431-0 .
  • With Raimo Gareis: photography in black and white and color. Image design with Raimo Gareis and Willy Hengl. Düsseldorf 1980, ISBN 3-87420-129-5 .

Awards

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Directory of artists from the Künstlerhaus Wien artists' association, accessed on January 27, 2018.
  2. ^ Haus Hengl, Jahnstraße 17, Stadt Haag, in: Web presence of Architekturlandschaft Niederösterreich queried on January 27, 2018.
  3. ↑ 1960s Kunsthaus Hengl, in: Web presence of Lower Austrian Film Commission queried on January 27, 2018.
  4. ^ Beekeeper, Kunst am Bau, 1965. In: Web presence of the City of Linz queried on January 27, 2018.
  5. ↑ Willy Hengl. In: Web presence of the history archive of the city of Haag ( Memento of the original from January 27, 2018 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link has been inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. queried on January 27, 2018. @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / history.stadthaag.com
  6. ↑ Anniversary art calendar published. Kunsthaus Hengl celebrates its 60th birthday, in: Momag's website queried on January 27, 2018.
  7. ↑ Heinz Begsteiger, in: Regiowiki.at website queried on January 27, 2018.
  8. ^ Exhibition Prof. Willi Hengl, video requested on January 27, 2018.
  9. ^ In memoriam Willy Hengl. In: Online Tips from June 19, 2017, requested on January 27, 2018.
  10. ↑ In Memoriam. In: Web presence of Kunstnotizen queried on January 27, 2018.
personal data
SURNAME Hengl, Willy
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian painter and photographer
DATE OF BIRTH October 4, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Litschau
DATE OF DEATH January 22, 1997