Helmuth Gräff

Helmuth Gräff

Helmuth Gräff (left) and Günter Stummvoll, former austrian Secretary of State
Born April 12, 1958
Gars am Kamp, Austria
Nationality Austria
Known for Painter, drawer and poet
Movement Expressionism
Awards 1st price "Freunde der Akademie" (1983)
Website Helmuth Gräff official website

Helmuth Gräff (born April 12, 1958 in Gars am Kamp) is an Austrian painter, poet and drawer. Gräffs painterly style is rooted on the one hand in the artistic heritage of Vincent van Gogh,[1] and on the other hand he can also be regarded as a precursor or heritage of the Neuen Wilde.[2]

Life

Helmuth Gräff is the child of Rudolf Gräff (1919-2006) and Leopoldine Gräff, born Kimmerl (* 1923), from Vienna-Schwechat. His son Matthias Laurenz Gräff works also as an academic painter. In his youth Helmuth Gräff had been drawing thousands of artworks and kept on practising until the age of 20 where he began to study at the Wiener Kunstschule by Fritz Martinz.[3] Between 1979 and 1983 he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna of Gustav Hessings and later Friedensreich Hundertwassers masterclass of painting.[4] Since 1989 is Gräff self-employed as an academic painter, drawer and poet. The themes of his artworks are one the one hand compositions with spiritual and religious contents, and one the other hand works in the nature (Italy, France, Florida, Bali)

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Literature

External links

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References

  1. Helmuth Gräff, Akt - Landschaft - Allegorie. Edition M wie Kunst in der Bibliothek der Provinz. Verlag für Literatur, Kunst und Musikalien, 2005, S. 23
  2. THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Leopold II
  3. Helmuth Gräff at Basis Wien
  4. CV at the "Österreichischen Galerie Belvedere"
  5. Newspaper article: Kleine Zeitung. Helmuth Gräff, "Metamorphosen" - Ölgemälde und Zeichnungen (Oct 2010) (german)
  6. Newspaper article: NÖN, "Gräff & Gräff im Vergleich" (german)
  7. Pressetext aus dem Leopold Museum. "THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Leopold II"
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