Othmar Zechyr

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Oth­mar ZECHYR was born in Linz in 1938. He learned the pro­fes­sions of gar­den­er, book­binder and farmer and sub­se­quent­ly worked in a tree nurs­ery and in a goldsmith’s work­shop. From 1952 to 1953 Zechyr attend­ed the graph­ic depart­ment of the State Trade School in Linz, 1959 began study­ing at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na, which he said he broke off after a few days. In the 1960s he took part in sum­mer sem­i­nars for paint­ing, graph­ics and archi­tec­ture at the Salzburg Sum­mer Acad­e­my for Fine Arts in Oskar Kokoschka’s School of See­ing. 1962 first solo exhi­bi­tion. Numer­ous exhi­bi­tions in Ger­many and abroad fol­lowed from 1970. In 1979 Zechyr received the Upper Aus­tri­an State Cul­ture Prize and in 1995 the Alfred Kubin Prize of the State of Upper Aus­tria. He is one of the most out­stand­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Aus­tri­an draw­ing. Oth­mar Zechyr dies in Linz in 1996. 1979 – first exhi­bi­tion in the gallery Welz.

Oth­mar ZECHYR was born in Linz in 1938. He learned the pro­fes­sions of gar­den­er, book­binder and farmer and sub­se­quent­ly worked in a tree nurs­ery and in a goldsmith’s work­shop. From 1952 to 1953 Zechyr attend­ed the graph­ic depart­ment of the State Trade School in Linz, 1959 began study­ing at the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na, which he said he broke off after a few days. In the 1960s he took part in sum­mer sem­i­nars for paint­ing, graph­ics and archi­tec­ture at the Salzburg Sum­mer Acad­e­my for Fine Arts in Oskar Kokoschka’s School of See­ing. 1962 first solo exhi­bi­tion. Numer­ous exhi­bi­tions in Ger­many and abroad fol­lowed from 1970. In 1979 Zechyr received the Upper Aus­tri­an State Cul­ture Prize and in 1995 the Alfred Kubin Prize of the State of Upper Aus­tria. He is one of the most out­stand­ing rep­re­sen­ta­tives of Aus­tri­an draw­ing. Oth­mar Zechyr dies in Linz in 1996. 1979 – first exhi­bi­tion in the gallery Welz.

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