Arik Brauer
Arik Brauer | |
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Zürich in 1991 | |
Born | Erich Brauer 4 January 1929 |
Died | 24 January 2021 Vienna, Austria | (aged 92)
Education | Academy of Fine Arts Vienna |
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Naomi Dahabani (m. 1957) |
Children | 3 |
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Arik Brauer (Hebrew: אריק בראואר; 4 January 1929 – 24 January 2021) was an Austrian painter, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer-songwriter, stage designer, architect, and academic teacher.[1]
Brauer, from a family of
His art was exhibited at international galleries and museums, and especially at major museums in Vienna, a graphic retrospective at the
Career
Erich Brauer was born in Vienna,
After the war, Brauer joined the Free Austrian Youth, the
After his studies, Brauer travelled the world extensively. He married Naomi Dahabani in 1957 in Israel, and they settled in Paris in 1958,
In 1982, Brauer had breakthrough solo exhibitions in the United States (1979–85 travelling exhibition of the Brauer retrospective in the United States and numerous lectures at American universities).[6] He taught at the Vienna Academy from 1985 to 1997.[5][6]
In the 1990s, Brauer turned to architecture, with projects in Austria and Israel. The facades and interiors of his buildings are covered with fantastical mosaics, murals, and painted tiles. He designed the Arik-Brauer-Haus in Gumpendorferstraße, Vienna, completed in 1993,[11] the Catholic Pfarre am Tabor in Vienna in 1996,[5] the Voitsberg town hall and the Kastra shopping mall in Haifa. The facade of Kastra features his Adam and Eve in the Garden of Eden, the largest mural of its kind in the world. He also designed the United Buddy Bear for Austria in 2002.[12][6]
On the occasion of his 70th birthday, the Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien showed works from Brauer's private collection, including the cycle Die Verfolgung des jüdischen Volks (The persecution of the Jewish people), begun in 1973, Menschenrechte (Human rights), a 1975 cycle of etchings, stage and costume designs of Die Zauberflöte, the 1986 children's book Die Ritter von der Reuthenstopf, and the Sesam öffne dich, a 1989 television play with his daughter Timna, and designs for the Brauer House in Vienna.[8] A retrospective of his art was presented at the Leopold Museum in 2015, entitled "Arik Brauer – Bilder des Phantastischen Realisten". He took part in several multi-media projects during the exhibition.[7]
From 1963, Brauer lived with his wife regularly in Israel for several months in summer,[7] in a building complex that he designed for an artist colony.[3] One of their three daughters, Timna, is a jazz singer.[8] On the occasion of his 90th birthday, their daughter Ruth Brauer-Kvam wrote a play about his life, Arik. Die wunderbar realistische Welt des phantastischen Herrn Brauer, for which he designed the stage sets. She sang and recited from his texts and memories.[5] The Jewish Museum in Vienna dedicated an exhibition to him on the occasion which attracted 54,000 visitors.[9] Titled All of My Arts,[1] it presented his art in the context of his biography, in photographies, correspondence, posters and furniture juxtaposed with paintings, sculpture and costumes.[13]
On 24 January 2021, Brauer died in Vienna at age 92.[3][14][9] He was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, his ashes were buried in Vienna Central Cemetery.
Exhibitions
Source: Homepage and Belvedere Archive.
- "Die Hundsgruppe" — first group exhibition, Vienna 1951[15]
- Galerie Raymond Cordier, Paris 1961[15]
- Galerie Flinker, Paris 1964[15]
- Galerie Ketterer, Munich 1966
- Galerie 3+2, Paris 1969
- Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna 1970
- Marlborough Galerie, Zürich, 1973
- Aberbach Fine Art, New York
- Biberbach Fine Art, New York 1976
- Aoki-Galerie, Tokyo 1976
- Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna 1976
- Die Zauberflöte, Galerie Octave Negru, Paris 1977
- Galerie Facchetti, Paris
- Aberbach Fine Art, London 1977
- Jewish Museum, New York 1978
- Goldman's Art Gallery, Haifa 1980
- Brauer — Das graphische Werk, several internal locations 1974–1983
- Graphik-Retrospektive, Albertina, Vienna 1974
- Brauer Retrospective, Jewish Museum, New York 1979
- several international locations (Weltwanderausstellung) 1979–1983
- Galerie Rolandseck, Bonn 1986
- Jack Rutberg Fine Arts, Los Angeles 1989
- Galerie Georges & Lesaar, Düsseldorf 1991
- Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg 1991
- Schloß Burgau, 1997
- Arik Brauer – Schiess' nicht auf die blaue Blume...!, KunstHausWien 11 September 2003 – 1 February 2004
- Arik Brauer "Tierisch – Menschlich", Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg 7 December 2013 – 15 February 2014
- Arik Brauers neue Pessach-Haggada, Jewish Museum Vienna 22 January – 25 May 2014
- Arik Brauer Gesamt.Kunst.Werk, Leopold Museum, Vienna 14 November 2014 – 16 February 2015
- Einfach phantastisch, Schloss, Riegersburg 29 April 2015 – 15 November 2015
- Wir Wegbereiter. Pioniere der Nachkriegsmoderne, MUMOK, Vienna 12 May 2016 – 26 February 2017
- Arik Brauer. Alle meine Künste, Jewish Museum Vienna 3 April 2019 – 20 October 2019
- The Beginning. Kunst in Österreich 1945 bis 1980, Albertina modern in Künstlerhaus Wien27 May 2020 – 2 November 2020
Writings
- Arik Brauer: Das Runde fliegt: Texte, Lieder, Bilder (Munich, 1983)[16]
- Arik Brauer: Werkverzeichnis, 3 vols (Dortmund, 1984)[16]
Awards
- City of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts (1979)[5]
- Golden Medal of Honour for Services to the City of Vienna (1989)[10][17]
- Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, (1st class) (2002)[18]
- State of Vienna) (2011)[17]
- Amadeus Austrian Music Awards, Lifetime Achievement (2015)[10]
- Decoration of Honour for Services to the Republic of Austria, Grand Decoration of Honour in Gold (2018)[19]
- Fritz Csoklich Prize (2019)[20]
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Spera, Danielle (25 January 2021). "Arik Brauer (1929–2021)". Jewish Museum Vienna. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Leonhard, Ralf (25 January 2021). "Zum Tod von Arik Brauer: Aufstieg unter die Fabelwesen". Die Tageszeitung: Taz (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d Föderl-Schmid, Alexandra (25 January 2021). "Der Rastlose – Zum Tod von Arik Brauer". Süddeutsche Zeitung (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ Trinks, Stefan (25 January 2021). "Zum Tod von Arik Brauer: Überlebenskunst". FAZ.NET (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h i j "Arik Brauer feiert 90. Geburtstag". ORF (in German). 3 January 2019. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g "Brauer, Familie Arik". Oesterreichisches Musiklexikon (in German). 25 May 2001. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g Matzner, Alexandra (3 January 2015). "Arik Brauer – Bilder des Phantastischen Realisten". artinwords.de (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "Arik Brauer ist 70 / Ein phantastischer Realist zwischen Ein Hod und Wien". hagalil.com (in German). 5 January 1999. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b c "1929–2021: Arik Brauer is dead". de24.news. 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Rustler, Katharina (25 January 2021). "Universalkünstler Arik Brauer gestorben". Der Standard (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "27.1.1987 – Das Arik-Brauer-Haus wird erstmals vorgestellt, 100 Jahre Republik – Chronik". Wiener Zeitung. Vienna. 27 January 2018. Retrieved 27 January 2021.
- ^ "Buddy Bears – United Buddy Bears Show". Buddy Bears. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Arik Brauer ist 70 / Ein phantastischer Realist zwischen Ein Hod und Wien". visitingvienna.com. April 2019. Retrieved 29 January 2021.
- ^ Walder, Sandra (25 January 2021). "Arik Brauer ist tot: Universalkünstler und Liedermacher". Der Spiegel (in German). Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ a b c Gadner, Moran (2013). Arik Brauer, Der Wiener phantastische Realist und seine jüdische Werkgruppe (PDF) (Diplom). University of Vienna.
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- ^ a b "Bürgermeister Ludwig und Stadträtin Kaup-Hasler zum Tod von Arik Brauer: "Universalkünstler, Humanist und großer Menschenfreund"". Presseservice der Stadt Wien (in German). 25 January 2021. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (PDF) (in German). p. 1452. Retrieved 23 October 2012.
- ^ "Großes Goldenes Ehrenzeichen für Arik Brauer". news.ORF.at (in German). 20 November 2018. Retrieved 26 January 2021.
- ^ "Fritz-Csoklich-Preis für Arik Brauer: Preis für die "Stimme der Vernunft"". www.kleinezeitung.at (in German). 8 July 2019. Retrieved 28 January 2021.
External links
- Official website
- Literature by and about Arik Brauer in the German National Library catalogue
- Arik Brauer at IMDb
- Arik Brauer discography at Discogs
- Arik Brauer Archived 23 March 2019 at the Wayback Machine (in German) Galerie 10
- Arik Brauer (in German, lectures, interviews and radio features by and with Brauer) Österreichische Mediathek
- Arik Brauer Archived 17 April 2021 at the Wayback Machine (paintings) Art Days