He made a name for himself not only as a visual artist, but also as a musician, writer, object maker, designer, stage designer and filmmaker. Above all, however, Attersee is regarded as one of the most important representatives of representational painting in Europe in the last 50 years; he is a maverick in almost all areas of the visual arts. He spent his youth in Aschach near Linz and on Lake Attersee in Upper Austria, he was one of Austria's great sailing sportsmen - hence the pseudonym Attersee. His first exhibitions from the mid-1960s brought success, as did his friendships and collaborations with artists such as Günter Brus, Gotthard Graubner, Jörg Immendorff, Markus Lüpertz, Hermann Nitsch, Walter Pichler, Dieter Roth, Gerhard Rühm, Oswald Wiener and others. Since Attersee's first object inventions (1964-66) in the field of eroticism and everyday life, he has been regarded as an independent co-determiner of European Pop Art. Attersee is the great maverick of Austrian art in the 1960s, the antithesis of Viennese Actionism. In the second half of the 1970s, Attersee was the founding figure of "New Austrian Painting".
born in Pressburg/Slovakia
Moved to Austria
lives and works in Vienna and Semmering
Attersee represents Austria at the Biennale di Venezia
Professor at the University of Applied Arts in Vienna (for painting, animated film and tapestry)
the ballet "Petrushka" by Igor Stravinsky will be performed at the Vienna State Opera with a stage design by Attersee
The 1st Liederball of the Vienna Men's Choral Society is held at the Kursalon Wien
In November, the 220 m2 interior mosaic "Reichtum Erde" is completed at the Federal Geological Institute in Vienna.
Richard Strauss' "Salome" is performed at the Theater Bremen in a production with stage design and costumes by Attersee
as part of the Brucknerfest Linz, the opera "Weiße Rose" by Udo Zimmermann is equipped with a stage design by Attersee, which can be seen as an installation during the day, accompanied by an exhibition in the theater foyer
an interior mosaic is installed in the reception area of the new Gesiba headquarters in 1010 Vienna
In May 1998, he was awarded the 1997 Grand Austrian State Prize for Art.
In summer 2004, he receives the Lovis Corinth Prize from the Esslingen Artists' Guild in Germany.
In September 2005, he was awarded the Austrian Cross of Honor for Science and Art I Class,
On January 1, 2019, he was awarded the Grand Decoration of Honor in Silver for Services to the Republic of Austria and in September 2020 the Cross of Merit of the Province of Upper Austria for Art and Culture.
Erzählungen der Zwietönigkeit, Galerie FREY Salzburg
10 Jahre Galerie FREY Salzburg, Galerie FREY Salzburg
"Das Wärmen der Perle", Neueste Bilddichtungen, Galerie FREY, Salzburg
Feuerstelle, Belvedere 21, Vienna
Die Edelweißkiste. Bilderzählungen, Galerie FREY, Salzburg
Zerbrochene Sonne, Galerie FREY, Salzburg
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