Herbert BREITER was born on February 21, 1927 in Landeshut in the Giant Mountains, Silesia. Studying at the Dresden Academy was thwarted by the outbreak of war. In 1945 Herbert Breiter came to Salzburg. He passed the entrance examination at the arts and crafts school in Salzburg (requirement for a residence permit in Austria) and received Austrian citizenship in 1947. Herbert Breiter began to paint as an autodidact, became a pupil of Max Peiffer Watenphul and got to know other painters and sculptors through him. He was a member of the Art Club, the artist group “Salzburger Gruppe” and the Salzburg Art Association. In 1957, Breiter received the Austrian Graphics Prize and the Theodor-Körner Prize. The Slavi Soucek Prize followed in 1992. His life and artistic work were shaped by numerous trips to Tuscany, the island of Ponza, Dalmatia, southern Styria and Greece. Breiter was one of the organizers of the graphic workshop in Salzburg, which was used by artists from near and far, and promoted painters, draftsmen and graphic artists who were to come. Herbert Breiter dies on October 9, 1999 in Salzburg. In 2012 the historic Peterswacht Bastion in Salzburg’s old town was renamed the Herbert-Breiter-Terrasse.
1964 – first exhibition in the Welz gallery.
Herbert BREITER was born on February 21, 1927 in Landeshut in the Giant Mountains, Silesia. Studying at the Dresden Academy was thwarted by the outbreak of war. In 1945 Herbert Breiter came to Salzburg. He passed the entrance examination at the arts and crafts school in Salzburg (requirement for a residence permit in Austria) and received Austrian citizenship in 1947. Herbert Breiter began to paint as an autodidact, became a pupil of Max Peiffer Watenphul and got to know other painters and sculptors through him. He was a member of the Art Club, the artist group “Salzburger Gruppe” and the Salzburg Art Association. In 1957, Breiter received the Austrian Graphics Prize and the Theodor-Körner Prize. The Slavi Soucek Prize followed in 1992. His life and artistic work were shaped by numerous trips to Tuscany, the island of Ponza, Dalmatia, southern Styria and Greece. Breiter was one of the organizers of the graphic workshop in Salzburg, which was used by artists from near and far, and promoted painters, draftsmen and graphic artists who were to come. Herbert Breiter dies on October 9, 1999 in Salzburg. In 2012 the historic Peterswacht Bastion in Salzburg’s old town was renamed the Herbert-Breiter-Terrasse.
1964 – first exhibition in the Welz gallery.
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