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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