Max Weiler

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Max WEILER was born on August 27, 1910 in Absam near Hall in Tirol. From 1930 to 1937 he stud­ied paint­ing at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na (Karl Ster­rer’s mas­ter class). In 1937 he received a state schol­ar­ship from the Acad­e­my, which enabled him to spend a year in Rome. Fur­ther schol­ar­ship and work stays, among oth­ers to Paris, Flo­rence, Umbria, Bel­gium, Posi­tano, Mex­i­co, the Caribbean, Kenya, and the Indi­an Ocean fol­lowed. In 1990 Weil­er made his first trip to the USA. Dur­ing the Sec­ond World War the artist worked as an assis­tant teacher. From 1942 to 1945 he was draft­ed into ser­vice with the Ger­man Wehrma­cht. In 1964, Weil­er was appoint­ed full pro­fes­sor at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, where he retired in 1981. In 1967, he was also appoint­ed to the Aus­tri­an Art Sen­ate. Numer­ous exhi­bi­tions at home and abroad paid trib­ute to Max Weil­er’s artis­tic work. His exten­sive work includes land­scapes, still lifes, por­traits, sgraf­fi­ti, mosaics, glass paint­ings and ceram­ic murals (often in pub­lic spaces). The artist took part in bien­ni­als in São Paulo and Venice from 1950 and received numer­ous awards and hon­ors, includ­ing the sil­ver medal of the Aus­tri­an art exhi­bi­tion in Vien­na (1947), the prize of the Aus­tri­an graph­ic com­pe­ti­tion in Inns­bruck (1952), the Aus­tri­an dec­o­ra­tion of hon­or for sci­ence and art (1979), the Tyrolean State Prize for Art, the Ring of Hon­or of the City of Hall in Tirol and the Gold­en Medal of Hon­or of the Fed­er­al Cap­i­tal Vien­na (1987). In 1995, Max Weil­er became an hon­orary mem­ber of the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na and was award­ed the Grand Dec­o­ra­tion of Hon­or in Sil­ver with a Star for Ser­vices to the Repub­lic of Aus­tria. This was fol­lowed in 2000 by the Grand Dec­o­ra­tion of Hon­or in Gold with a star for ser­vices to the Repub­lic of Aus­tria. Max Weil­er died on Jan­u­ary 29, 2001 in Vien­na. On April 1, 2003, Max-Weil­er-Platz in Vien­na-Leopold­stadt was named after the artist. 1961 — first exhi­bi­tion par­tic­i­pa­tion, 1988 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz.

Max WEILER was born on August 27, 1910 in Absam near Hall in Tirol. From 1930 to 1937 he stud­ied paint­ing at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na (Karl Ster­rer’s mas­ter class). In 1937 he received a state schol­ar­ship from the Acad­e­my, which enabled him to spend a year in Rome. Fur­ther schol­ar­ship and work stays, among oth­ers to Paris, Flo­rence, Umbria, Bel­gium, Posi­tano, Mex­i­co, the Caribbean, Kenya, and the Indi­an Ocean fol­lowed. In 1990 Weil­er made his first trip to the USA. Dur­ing the Sec­ond World War the artist worked as an assis­tant teacher. From 1942 to 1945 he was draft­ed into ser­vice with the Ger­man Wehrma­cht. In 1964, Weil­er was appoint­ed full pro­fes­sor at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts, where he retired in 1981. In 1967, he was also appoint­ed to the Aus­tri­an Art Sen­ate. Numer­ous exhi­bi­tions at home and abroad paid trib­ute to Max Weil­er’s artis­tic work. His exten­sive work includes land­scapes, still lifes, por­traits, sgraf­fi­ti, mosaics, glass paint­ings and ceram­ic murals (often in pub­lic spaces). The artist took part in bien­ni­als in São Paulo and Venice from 1950 and received numer­ous awards and hon­ors, includ­ing the sil­ver medal of the Aus­tri­an art exhi­bi­tion in Vien­na (1947), the prize of the Aus­tri­an graph­ic com­pe­ti­tion in Inns­bruck (1952), the Aus­tri­an dec­o­ra­tion of hon­or for sci­ence and art (1979), the Tyrolean State Prize for Art, the Ring of Hon­or of the City of Hall in Tirol and the Gold­en Medal of Hon­or of the Fed­er­al Cap­i­tal Vien­na (1987). In 1995, Max Weil­er became an hon­orary mem­ber of the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na and was award­ed the Grand Dec­o­ra­tion of Hon­or in Sil­ver with a Star for Ser­vices to the Repub­lic of Aus­tria. This was fol­lowed in 2000 by the Grand Dec­o­ra­tion of Hon­or in Gold with a star for ser­vices to the Repub­lic of Aus­tria. Max Weil­er died on Jan­u­ary 29, 2001 in Vien­na. On April 1, 2003, Max-Weil­er-Platz in Vien­na-Leopold­stadt was named after the artist. 1961 — first exhi­bi­tion par­tic­i­pa­tion, 1988 — first solo exhi­bi­tion at Galerie Welz.

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