Wolfgang STIFTER, born in 1946 in Ottensheim (Upper Austria), studied from 1964 to 1970 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Maximilian Melcher, Master School of Graphic Arts (1969 Magister artium, teacher training BE and WE, 1970 Diploma Academic Graphic Artist). From 1974 to 1977 he built a residential and studio house in Ottensheim according to plans by Prof. Wilhelm Holzbauer. From 1989 the artist taught as a full university professor. From 1991 to 2000, Stifter was rector of the University of Design in Linz, and from 1997 to 2001 he was chairman of the Upper Austrian Cultural Advisory Board. Study trips took the painter and graphic artist to China, Italy and Switzerland, among other places. In 2010, a studio “Im Weingarten” was built according to plans by Viola Stifter. 2014 Wolfgang Stifter retired as O. Univ. Professor. Since 2017 studio “above the rooftops” Vienna Lerchenfeld under construction. Wolfgang Stifter lives and works in Ottensheim and Vienna.
2007 — first exhibition in the Welz Gallery
Wolfgang STIFTER, born in 1946 in Ottensheim (Upper Austria), studied from 1964 to 1970 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna with Maximilian Melcher, Master School of Graphic Arts (1969 Magister artium, teacher training BE and WE, 1970 Diploma Academic Graphic Artist). From 1974 to 1977 he built a residential and studio house in Ottensheim according to plans by Prof. Wilhelm Holzbauer. From 1989 the artist taught as a full university professor. From 1991 to 2000, Stifter was rector of the University of Design in Linz, and from 1997 to 2001 he was chairman of the Upper Austrian Cultural Advisory Board. Study trips took the painter and graphic artist to China, Italy and Switzerland, among other places. In 2010, a studio “Im Weingarten” was built according to plans by Viola Stifter. 2014 Wolfgang Stifter retired as O. Univ. Professor. Since 2017 studio “above the rooftops” Vienna Lerchenfeld under construction. Wolfgang Stifter lives and works in Ottensheim and Vienna.
2007 — first exhibition in the Welz Gallery
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