Oskar Koller
(1925-2004)
Abstract composition on a blue background, 1963
color lithography on paper
signed lower right and dated (19) 63
lower left numbered 10/22
dimensions 32x 38 cm
small breaks on the sides, will not be visible under the mat
bold colors, in good condition
Oskar Koller (1925 Erlangen - 2004 Fürth) is one of the great watercolor painters in Germany. 1947 visit to the vocational high school Nuremberg (now the College for Design), lessons in drawing and color theory. Study trips to Italy, Austria and France. Until 1959, Koller studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Nuremberg, the 1985 / 1986 he returned as a visiting professor again. 1957 Koller had a scholarship in Paris. At that time Paris was the center of the current Western art. There it came to the first confrontation with abstract tendencies, and he began to paint his first abstract paintings. In particular, the watercolors made him known beyond his homeland. In this technique, he could play to its great strength, the seemingly effortless use of color, very well. The blobs and splashes it was a very sensible and frugal, always trying not to constrict the imagination of the viewer too much. His favorite subjects were landscapes, flowers, trees and especially the people. Since 1959, Koller was working as a freelance artist, solo exhibitions at home and abroad have established his international reputation. His work was often honored with awards and prizes. Many published books, calendars, and TV reports have made him a wide audience. In 2002 he established a foundation so that "preserved and remains accessible to the public" his life's work. Nearly 3,000 images he has handed over to the Foundation. From January 2005, will provide the Foundation at the Kunstmuseum Erlangen lasting two rooms with Koller plants. Posthumously were major exhibitions at the Kunsthaus Nuremberg 2004, 2005, the Museum of Modern Art in Skopje, Macedonia, in the Art Gallery Fürth and the Isle of Mainau in Lake Constance.
Awards:
1956 Prize of the City of Nuremberg
1983 Culture Prize of the City of Erlangen
1987 International Senefelder price, Offenbach
1994 Friedrich-Baur-Prize of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts
1996 Art Prize of the Nürnberger Nachrichten
1997 PRO Meritis medal of the Bavarian State Ministry of Education
2002 Wolfram Eschenbach Award of the district of Middle Franconia
2005 posthumous honorary award of the Nürnberger Nachrichten
