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GOTTHARD MUHR* (Upper Austrai 1939 - 2013)

Still life with pipe, 1968
oil/canvas 45 x 70 cm
signed Muhr, dated 68
verso signed and dated G Muhr 68

SCHÄTZPREIS / ESTIMATE € 1000 - 2000
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Gotthard Muhr (1939–2013) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, sculptor and university professor. He was born on December 30, 1939 in Schwanenstadt, Upper Austria, and studied from 1958 to 1964 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Christian Ludwig Martin and Max Melcher in the master class for painting and graphics. In 1964 he completed his studies as an academic graphic artist and painter and in 1965 he studied at the master school for medalist art under Ferdinand Welz. Muhr lived as a freelance artist in Vienna and Burgenland. He received the Austrian State Prize for Graphics in 1966 and represented Austria at, among other things, the São Paulo Biennale in 1975. From 1976 to 2000 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, was a member of the board of the Vienna Secession (1983–1993) and played a key role in shaping the artistic realignment of the institution. His art reflects human conflict situations, violence and existential themes and shows influences from the expressionist tradition. He died on September 17, 2013 in Vienna. Further artists and styles: Arnulf Rainer, Cornelius Kolig, Hans Staudacher, Fritz Wotruba, Peter Baum, Expressionism, Neue Wilde, Siegfried Anzinger, Erwin Bohatsch, Herbert Brandl, Gunter Damisch, Josef Danner, Rudolf Goessl, Franz Grabmayr, Josef Kern, Kurt Kocherscheidt, Maria Lassnig, Alois Mosbacher, Hubert Scheibl, Hubert Schmalix, Walter Vopava, Otto Zitko
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