Josef MIKL, born in Vienna in 1929, attended the Federal Education and Research Institute for Graphics in Vienna from 1946 to 1948. Then he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Josef Dobrowsky until 1955. Mikl is considered a leading exponent of Austrian abstraction. Mikl, however, always rejected the designation “non-representational”. He points out that the creation of a picture always requires content, nature and figure. As a member of the Vienna Art Club, the most important meeting place for artists in the early 1950s, he founded the Galerie nächst St. Stephan in 1956 together with Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky and Arnulf Rainer. In 1968 Josef Mikl represented Austria at the Venice Biennale, and in 1977 he took part in “documenta 6” in Kassel. In 1969 Josef Mikl was appointed to the Academy of Fine Arts, where he led a master class for painting until his retirement in 1997. In 1997 the Great Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg, redesigned by Mikl after the fire of 1992, was reopened. In his work, which consists of a ceiling painting and 22 individual paintings, the artist pictorially transposed well-known works and literary figures by Austrian authors. Mikl’s artistic life’s work includes paintings, sculptures, drawings and works on literary themes. His work has been honoured with numerous awards and distinctions, including the Förderungspreis of the City of Vienna, 1955, the Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics, 1973, the Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art, 1990 and the Great Golden Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria. Josef Mikl lived and worked in Vienna and Burgenland. The artist dies on 29 March 2008 in Vienna. 1979 — first exhibition participation, 1981 — first solo exhibition at Galerie Welz.
Josef MIKL, born in Vienna in 1929, attended the Federal Education and Research Institute for Graphics in Vienna from 1946 to 1948. Then he studied painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Josef Dobrowsky until 1955. Mikl is considered a leading exponent of Austrian abstraction. Mikl, however, always rejected the designation “non-representational”. He points out that the creation of a picture always requires content, nature and figure. As a member of the Vienna Art Club, the most important meeting place for artists in the early 1950s, he founded the Galerie nächst St. Stephan in 1956 together with Wolfgang Hollegha, Markus Prachensky and Arnulf Rainer. In 1968 Josef Mikl represented Austria at the Venice Biennale, and in 1977 he took part in “documenta 6” in Kassel. In 1969 Josef Mikl was appointed to the Academy of Fine Arts, where he led a master class for painting until his retirement in 1997. In 1997 the Great Redoutensaal of the Vienna Hofburg, redesigned by Mikl after the fire of 1992, was reopened. In his work, which consists of a ceiling painting and 22 individual paintings, the artist pictorially transposed well-known works and literary figures by Austrian authors. Mikl’s artistic life’s work includes paintings, sculptures, drawings and works on literary themes. His work has been honoured with numerous awards and distinctions, including the Förderungspreis of the City of Vienna, 1955, the Prize of the City of Vienna for Fine Arts, Painting and Graphics, 1973, the Austrian Decoration of Honour for Science and Art, 1990 and the Great Golden Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria. Josef Mikl lived and worked in Vienna and Burgenland. The artist dies on 29 March 2008 in Vienna. 1979 — first exhibition participation, 1981 — first solo exhibition at Galerie Welz.
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