Gottfried Mairwöger

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Got­tfried MAIRWÖGER was born on Feb­ru­ary 4, 1951 in Trag­wein in Upper Aus­tria. He stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na with Josef Mikl and Wolf­gang Hol­legha. The gen­er­ous, spa­cious paint­ings of the artist, who was also suc­cess­ful in the USA, pos­sess light­ness and rhythm. Large sec­tions of Got­tfried Mair­wöger’s oeu­vre mark a con­nect­ing inter­me­di­ate posi­tion with­in Col­or Field Paint­ing, which emerged in the USA at the begin­ning of the 1960s, and the Abstract Expres­sion­ism that pre­ced­ed it. 1976 traf Mair­wöger auf den Kun­stkri­tik­er Clement Green­berg, der ihn in die USA ein­lud. In den USA knüpfte Mair­wöger zahlre­iche Kon­tak­te zu amerikanis­chen Malern. Study and work vis­its have repeat­ed­ly tak­en Mair­wöger to Italy, Spain, the USA, Mau­ri­tius and Sri Lan­ka. In 1974 Mair­wöger took part in the exhi­bi­tion “Oberöster­re­ichis­che Avant­garde” at the New Gallery of the City of Linz (Lentos). From 1975 exhi­bi­tions and par­tic­i­pa­tions in exhi­bi­tions took place reg­u­lar­ly at home and abroad. Got­tfried Mair­wöger received the Upper Aus­tri­an Provin­cial Pro­mo­tion Prize for Paint­ing in 1972 and the Mon­sign­or Otto Mauer Prize for Paint­ing in 1982. 2003 starb Got­tfried Mair­wöger in Wien. 2022 – Galerie Welz. 

Got­tfried MAIRWÖGER was born on Feb­ru­ary 4, 1951 in Trag­wein in Upper Aus­tria. He stud­ied at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na with Josef Mikl and Wolf­gang Hol­legha. The gen­er­ous, spa­cious paint­ings of the artist, who was also suc­cess­ful in the USA, pos­sess light­ness and rhythm. Large sec­tions of Got­tfried Mair­wöger’s oeu­vre mark a con­nect­ing inter­me­di­ate posi­tion with­in Col­or Field Paint­ing, which emerged in the USA at the begin­ning of the 1960s, and the Abstract Expres­sion­ism that pre­ced­ed it. 1976 traf Mair­wöger auf den Kun­stkri­tik­er Clement Green­berg, der ihn in die USA ein­lud. In den USA knüpfte Mair­wöger zahlre­iche Kon­tak­te zu amerikanis­chen Malern. Study and work vis­its have repeat­ed­ly tak­en Mair­wöger to Italy, Spain, the USA, Mau­ri­tius and Sri Lan­ka. In 1974 Mair­wöger took part in the exhi­bi­tion “Oberöster­re­ichis­che Avant­garde” at the New Gallery of the City of Linz (Lentos). From 1975 exhi­bi­tions and par­tic­i­pa­tions in exhi­bi­tions took place reg­u­lar­ly at home and abroad. Got­tfried Mair­wöger received the Upper Aus­tri­an Provin­cial Pro­mo­tion Prize for Paint­ing in 1972 and the Mon­sign­or Otto Mauer Prize for Paint­ing in 1982. 2003 starb Got­tfried Mair­wöger in Wien. 2022 – Galerie Welz. 

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