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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