Franz Rosei

Franz Rosei ( born July 2, 1947 in Vienna) is an Austrian sculptor and draftsman.

Life

Franz Rosei was born in Vienna in 1947. His brother is the writer Peter Rosei. 1966 Matura, 1967 start working on wood and plaster sculptures. After a brief stay at the University for Applied Arts with Prof. Leinfellner, Rosei working again on its own. Some sculptures in concrete casting technique arise. From 1970 he works exclusively in stone (marble, limestone, sandstone), next to employment with the drawing ( pencil, charcoal, water colors). 1985 start working on a large mold for a bronze casting. Since then arise again and again also bronze sculptures. In numerous exhibitions at home and abroad, including a comprehensive retrospective at the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, the works of Franz Rosei for over 30 years are shown.

His central theme is - as Franz Rosei - " the view of this life, the world and the desire, the result of this consideration, investigation, put into form."

Due to its individual approach to the sculptural language, Franz Rosei took in the early 1980s a significant role in the art scene and is today one of the most important sculptors of Austria.

Exhibitions

Solo exhibitions (selection )

  • Künstlerhaus Wien, 1976
  • Gallery Schapira & Beck, Vienna, 1977
  • Orny Gallery, Munich, 1978
  • Künstlerhaus, Salzburg, 1979
  • Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, 1979
  • Under the " special show Austria ", 1980
  • On the Art Basel Exhibition at the " Biennale des Jeunes ", Paris, 1980
  • Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1980
  • Gallery Droschl, Graz, 1981
  • Galerie Welz, Salzburg, 1982
  • Gallery Würthle, Vienna, 1983
  • Museum of Modern Art / Museum of the 20th Century, Vienna, 1984
  • Gallery Lendl, Graz, 1989
  • Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1989
  • Salzburg provincial collections Rupertinum, 1990
  • Ulysses Gallery, New York, 1991
  • Gallery in the Palais taxi, Innsbruck, 1994
  • Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1995
  • Culture Graz, 2000
  • Historical Museum of the City of Vienna, 2001
  • Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2001
  • Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, 2003
  • Arthouse Gallery, Bregenz, 2004
  • Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2007

Exhibitions ( selection)

  • " Stone Age ", Tyrolean Art Pavilion, Innsbruck, 1986
  • Museum of Modern Art / Museum of the 20th Century, Vienna, 1987
  • " Vienna - Vienna 1960 - 1990 ", Museum of Modern Art, Bolzano, 1989
  • " Vienna - Vienna 1960 - 1990 " Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, 1990
  • "Origin and Modern ", Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, 1990
  • " La figura interiore ", Pordenone, 1991
  • " Wotruba and consequences ", Museum Würth and BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, 1994
  • " Sculpture Garden ", Gallery Poller, Frankfurt am Main, 1996
  • "The iceberg tip ", Kunsthalle Wien, 1998
  • " A common place. Sculptures, sculptures, objects ". Lentos Linz, 2006
  • "Albrecht and contemporaries, positions of Austrian sculpture since 1945", Artists' House Bregenz, 2007

Work in public collections

  • Graphic Collection Albertina, Vienna
  • Federal Ministry of Education and the Arts ( Artotheque Vienna)
  • Salzburg State Rupertinum
  • Culture Department of the City of Vienna
  • Culture Department of the City of Linz
  • Office of the Lower Austrian state government
  • Museum of Modern Art, Vienna
  • Lentos
  • Wien Museum
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