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)

Collections

• Sammlung Dr. Rudolf Leopold (Leopold Museum), Vienna/AT^[5]
• Museum/Sammmlung Heinz Angerlehner, Upper Austria/AT

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:

• 2014 "Memento mori", KunstSalon, Vienna/AT
• 2011 "La pura women's health resort kamptal", Gars am Kamp/AT
• 2010 "Intarsien - Eine malerische Rundreise", Palais Palffy, Vienna/AT
• 2010 "Frühlingskantate", Salon - Galerie Cornelia Mensdorff-Pouilly, Vienna/AT
• 2010 "Gräff meets OK", Oskar Kokoschka-Dokumentationszentrum, Pöchlarn/AT
• 2008 "Sunloft Center" und Wyvern Hotel, Punta Gorda, Florida/USA
• 2008 "Zwischen den Welten", Dommuseum, Vienna/AT
• 2008 "Zwischen den Welten", Buchpräsentation und Ausstellung, MOYA - Museum of Young Art, Vienna/AT
• 2007 Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg/AT

Group Exhibitions:

• 2015: "Matthias Laurenz Gräff und Helmuth Gräff. Zwischen den Welten - Zwischen den Generationen", Galerie Daliko, Krems an der Donau^[6]
• 2011 "The exitement continues - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Leopold II", Leopold Museum, Vienna/AT^[7]
• 2011 "Gräff trifft Seitz", Exhibition with Friedrich Martin Seitz, The land of Lower Austria-Ausstellungsbrücke, St. Pölten/AT

Literature

• Heinrich Fuchs, Die österreichischen Maler des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ergänzungsband 1, p. 69
• Helmuth Gräff. Edition Thurnhof, Heft No 5, anlässlich der Personalausstellung in der Horner Galerie Thurnhof, 1990, 20 pages.
• Helmuth Gräff, Akt - Landschaft - Allegorie. Edition M wie Kunst in der Bibliothek der Provinz. Verlag für Literatur, Kunst und Musikalien, 2005, 102 pages. ISBN 3-85252-645-0
• Helmuth Gräff, Zwischen den Welten. Dionysisch - Apollinisch - Erde - Wasser - Feuer - Luft. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2008, 222 pages. ISBN 978-3-85252-908-0

External links

• Profile, artfacts.net; accessed 22 September 2015. (German)
• Profile, basis-wien.at; accessed 22 September 2015. (German)
• Literature about Helm uth Gräff at Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
• Helmuth Gräff at artnet.com
• Helmuth Gräff at Auction house Dorotheum
• Helmuth Gräff at Auction house Palais Kinsky

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"