Georg Eisler
Georg Eisler ( born April 20, 1928 in Vienna, † 15 January 1998 ) was an Austrian painter and graphic artist.
Life
Georg Eisler, son of the composer Hanns Eisler and singer Charlotte Eisler, spent the first years in Vienna during the " interwar period " to emigrate in 1936. He then lived with his mother, first in Moscow and Prague, before both moved on to England in 1939. There he studied art at the Stockport School of Art and the Manchester Academy. In 1944, he met in London Oskar Kokoschka and was taught by him. In 1946, Eisler returned to Vienna.
In 1961 he designed the sets and costumes for Otto Klemperer's production of The Magic Flute at the Royal Opera House Covent Garden, London. In 1966 he married Alice Gerson. 1968 to 1972 he was president of the Vienna Secession. 1972 graduated Eisler a several months of study at the Austrian Cultural Institute in Rome. In 1976, he traveled for the first time the United States and lectured at the University of Southern California and the University of New Mexico. From 1981, he headed the Salzburg Summer Academy classes (drawing and painting). In this year he also held lectures at Stanford University in California. In 1987 he was visiting professor at the University of the Arts Berlin. Further guest professorships followed in 1990 and 1991 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Hamburg. Eisler died in 1998 in Vienna. He was buried in the Viennese central cemetery.
Work
Georg Eisler was an important painter of the 20th century, has emerged especially for his portraits of famous artists and intellectuals. Among the most he painted people: Erich Fried, Hilde Spiel, Georg Lukács and many more. His paintings hang throughout the world in major collections such as the Albertina in Vienna or the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and the National Portrait Gallery in London and the British Museum. In addition, he has always captured with its own distinctive style the commonplace and numerous books illustrated.
Writings
- Sketches. Writings and drawings. Compress, Vienna 1990, ISBN 3-90060-721-4.
Awards
Exhibitions
- Pastels - Drawings - printmaking. 1976, Albertina Graphic Arts Collection
- Images from Vienna and other cities. Georg Eisler. March / April 1979, 59 special exhibition at the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna
- Georg Eisler. Images from the years 1943 to 1997. 18 April to 22 June 1997 Österreichische Galerie Belvedere and Museum of Modern Art - Foundation Wörlen Passau. Autumn of 1997.
- Georg Eisler. Graphic works 1946-1997. January to February 2001, Austrian National Library
- Georg Eisler. Looking back on an outsider. 1 November 2009 to January 10, 2010, Jewish Museum Rendsburg