Ernst Skrička was born in Vienna in 1946. From 1964 to 1970, he studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Prof. Maximilian Melcher, as well as art and art education. At the same time, he studied history, art history and philosophy at the University of Vienna. From 1975 to 2008, he was Professor of Art Education at the Pedagogical Academy in Vienna-Strebersdorf. The artist has received numerous awards, including the Austrian State Prize for the Promotion of Fine Arts, the Cultural Promotion Prize of the Province of Lower Austria and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class. Ernst Skrička’s oeuvre focuses on people, especially their physical and psychological state. It is this exciting balance between capturing and leaving open that Skrička was concerned with in his pictorial inventions. His works are represented in numerous public collections, including the Albertina, Vienna; Kunstforum Strabag, Vienna; Lentos Art Museum, Linz; Leopold Collection, Vienna; MUMOK, Vienna; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg; and many more. Ernst Skrička dies on June 29, 2020 in Weitra / Lower Austria. 1986 – first exhibition in the gallery Welz.
Ernst Skrička was born in Vienna in 1946. From 1964 to 1970, he studied graphic design at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Prof. Maximilian Melcher, as well as art and art education. At the same time, he studied history, art history and philosophy at the University of Vienna. From 1975 to 2008, he was Professor of Art Education at the Pedagogical Academy in Vienna-Strebersdorf. The artist has received numerous awards, including the Austrian State Prize for the Promotion of Fine Arts, the Cultural Promotion Prize of the Province of Lower Austria and the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art, First Class. Ernst Skrička’s oeuvre focuses on people, especially their physical and psychological state. It is this exciting balance between capturing and leaving open that Skrička was concerned with in his pictorial inventions. His works are represented in numerous public collections, including the Albertina, Vienna; Kunstforum Strabag, Vienna; Lentos Art Museum, Linz; Leopold Collection, Vienna; MUMOK, Vienna; Museum der Moderne, Salzburg; and many more. Ernst Skrička dies on June 29, 2020 in Weitra / Lower Austria. 1986 – first exhibition in the gallery Welz.
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