Wolfgang Böhm (painter)
Wolfgang Böhm (born November 23, 1946 in Vienna ) is an Austrian painter and graphic artist .
Live and act
From 1962 to 1966, Böhm attended the Higher Graphical Federal Teaching and Research Institute in Vienna and studied from 1966 to 1971 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna . 1978 to 1983 as well as 1986 and 1993 he stayed in Nelewatta Nelewala in Sri Lanka and in 1994 he completed a study trip to India.
He is a member of the Association of Austrian Women Artists and the MAERZ Artists' Association . The artist lives and works in Bad Großpertholz .
Works
In the first years after the academy, Böhm mainly created landscape drawings, followed by a series of interiors with chairs that had been in motion, whereby the artist succeeded in circumscribing psychological movements through dynamic meshwork of lines. The stays in Sri Lanka shaped his later work. decisive, because on the one hand he dealt with the local landscape and on the other hand included the Eastern religions, especially Zen Buddhism.
Exhibitions (selection)
Böhm has presented his works in solo and group exhibitions since 1970:
- Wolfgang Böhm , Association of Visual Artists, 1970, 1980, 1983, 1986
- Lower Austrian Documentation Center for Modern Art , 1981
- Böhm, Jascha , Leitner, Praetterhoffer , Kammerhofgalerie Gmunden , 1984
- Drawing , Museum Francisco-Carolinum
- 75 years of the artists' association MAERZ , New Gallery of the City of Linz , 1988
- Wolfgang Boehm. The joy and the pain. Pictures and drawings up to 1991 , Museum Francisco-Carolinum, 1991
- Wolfgang Boehm. Like a journey , Museum der Moderne Rupertinum , 1995
- A contribution. Secession members from Lower Austria , Lower Austrian Documentation Center for Modern Art, 1997
- Wolfgang Böhm, Gert Linke , Lower Austrian Documentation Center for Modern Art, 2001
- Wolfgang Boehm. Fügungen , Lower Austrian State Museum , 2006
- Rosa , artists' association MAERZ, 2012
- Waypoints. MAERZ 1952 to 2002 , afo architekturforum oberösterreich , artists association MAERZ, 2013
Awards
- Theodor Körner Prize , 1973
- Austrian State Scholarship for Fine Arts, 1977
- Promotional awards for fine arts from the Province of Lower Austria (1981) and the City of Vienna (1982)
- Anton Faistauer Prize for Painting from the State of Salzburg, 1983
Web links
Individual evidence
- ^ Barbara Wally : Artist Profiles - Wolfgang Böhm, in: In-House Publications of the Museum of Applied Arts, Vienna
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Bohm, Wolfgang |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Austrian painter and graphic artist |
| DATE OF BIRTH | November 23, 1946 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Vienna |