Paul FLORA was born on June 29, 1922 in Glurns in Vinschgau (South Tyrol). In 1927 the family moved to Innsbruck. From 1942 to 1944 Flora studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Adolf Schinnerer and Olaf Gulbransson and attended two semesters of evening classes with Max von Esterle. In 1944 he was drafted for military service in Italy, Hungary and Slovakia. After a brief American captivity, Flora returned to Tyrol in 1945 and has since worked as a freelance artist. In 1948 Paul Flora became a member of the Art Club in Vienna. Through Werner Scholz, he began working for the American daily newspaper for Germany, “Die Neue Zeitung”, in 1949. Between 1957 and 1971, he delivered weekly drawings to the Hamburg newspaper “Die Zeit”. His drawings have been published in international papers: The Times, Literary Supplement, Du, Dagens Nyheter and The Observer. In 1962 Paul Flora was appointed professor. He curated exhibitions for the municipal Taxis Gallery in Innsbruck from 1964 to 1992. In 1966 Flora participated in the Venice Biennale. Since 1986 Flora, the draftsman, caricaturist and illustrator, was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. In 1963 he designed stage sets and between 1985 and 1998 several stamp series for Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein (including 1988 for the Summer and Winter Olympics). The artist received numerous awards and honors, including the Prize of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Prize of the Society for the Promotion of New Art, Vienna (1948), Medal of Honor of the Province of Tyrol (1959), Grand Federal Cross of Merit (1985), Grand Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2004). Paul Flora’s works are represented in public and private collections and museums in Germany and abroad and have been shown in numerous exhibitions and participations in exhibitions to date. Flora’s early work was strongly influenced by Alfred Kubin, with whom he shared an artistically fruitful friendship until Kubin’s death. The artist lived and worked in Innsbruck. Paul Flora dies in Innsbruck on May 15, 2009. 1962 — first exhibition in the Welz gallery.
Paul FLORA was born on June 29, 1922 in Glurns in Vinschgau (South Tyrol). In 1927 the family moved to Innsbruck. From 1942 to 1944 Flora studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Adolf Schinnerer and Olaf Gulbransson and attended two semesters of evening classes with Max von Esterle. In 1944 he was drafted for military service in Italy, Hungary and Slovakia. After a brief American captivity, Flora returned to Tyrol in 1945 and has since worked as a freelance artist. In 1948 Paul Flora became a member of the Art Club in Vienna. Through Werner Scholz, he began working for the American daily newspaper for Germany, “Die Neue Zeitung”, in 1949. Between 1957 and 1971, he delivered weekly drawings to the Hamburg newspaper “Die Zeit”. His drawings have been published in international papers: The Times, Literary Supplement, Du, Dagens Nyheter and The Observer. In 1962 Paul Flora was appointed professor. He curated exhibitions for the municipal Taxis Gallery in Innsbruck from 1964 to 1992. In 1966 Flora participated in the Venice Biennale. Since 1986 Flora, the draftsman, caricaturist and illustrator, was a corresponding member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts. In 1963 he designed stage sets and between 1985 and 1998 several stamp series for Austria and the Principality of Liechtenstein (including 1988 for the Summer and Winter Olympics). The artist received numerous awards and honors, including the Prize of the Tyrolean Provincial Government, Prize of the Society for the Promotion of New Art, Vienna (1948), Medal of Honor of the Province of Tyrol (1959), Grand Federal Cross of Merit (1985), Grand Silver Medal of Honor for Services to the Republic of Austria (2004). Paul Flora’s works are represented in public and private collections and museums in Germany and abroad and have been shown in numerous exhibitions and participations in exhibitions to date. Flora’s early work was strongly influenced by Alfred Kubin, with whom he shared an artistically fruitful friendship until Kubin’s death. The artist lived and worked in Innsbruck. Paul Flora dies in Innsbruck on May 15, 2009. 1962 — first exhibition in the Welz gallery.
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