Werner Berg

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Wern­er BERG was born on April 11, 1904 in Elber­feld in Wup­per­tal. After com­plet­ing a com­mer­cial appren­tice­ship in an indus­tri­al com­pa­ny, he stud­ied polit­i­cal sci­ence in Vien­na, where he received his doc­tor­ate in 1927. Imme­di­ate­ly after­wards he began to study paint­ing at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na with Karl Ster­rer and was from 1928 to 1931 mas­ter class with Karl Cas­par at the Munich Acad­e­my. In 1947 he became a mem­ber of the Art Club in Vien­na. In 1930 Wern­er Berg acquired the Rutarhof in Carinthia. In his adopt­ed home he worked as a farmer and painter. For him, art and life formed an insep­a­ra­ble unit. His motifs are large­ly shaped by every­day rur­al life. In his wood­cuts he brought the prin­ci­ple of two-dimen­sion­al rep­re­sen­ta­tion to a cli­max. Wern­er Berg dies on Sep­tem­ber 7, 1981 in his stu­dio at Rutarhof. 1944 — first exhi­bi­tion at the Welz Gallery.

Wern­er BERG was born on April 11, 1904 in Elber­feld in Wup­per­tal. After com­plet­ing a com­mer­cial appren­tice­ship in an indus­tri­al com­pa­ny, he stud­ied polit­i­cal sci­ence in Vien­na, where he received his doc­tor­ate in 1927. Imme­di­ate­ly after­wards he began to study paint­ing at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na with Karl Ster­rer and was from 1928 to 1931 mas­ter class with Karl Cas­par at the Munich Acad­e­my. In 1947 he became a mem­ber of the Art Club in Vien­na. In 1930 Wern­er Berg acquired the Rutarhof in Carinthia. In his adopt­ed home he worked as a farmer and painter. For him, art and life formed an insep­a­ra­ble unit. His motifs are large­ly shaped by every­day rur­al life. In his wood­cuts he brought the prin­ci­ple of two-dimen­sion­al rep­re­sen­ta­tion to a cli­max. Wern­er Berg dies on Sep­tem­ber 7, 1981 in his stu­dio at Rutarhof. 1944 — first exhi­bi­tion at the Welz Gallery.

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