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Franz Ecker
Abstraction

Name: Abstraction
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Since Franz Ecker’s early death in 1999 his work has been newly appreciated, what is manifested in numerous exhibitions, catalogues and in the acclaimed film about the artist. He was extremely productive and left behind an almost unmanageable scope of works in various styles. Among them some of the top works that are unparalleled in recent Austrian art history and whose significance has not yet been adequately appreciated. After finishing his studies in 1966 in class of prof. Sergius Pauser and after receiving his two prizes, Franz Ecker moved back to Leonding where he developed his clear, abstract language of forms. Among his sources of inspiration are Cezanne and Picasso, as well as Martin Polasek who was one of his teachers. This led him to painting in a flat and abstract manner, which triggers a spatial experience through its exact color coordination and strict composition. The strongest period in his oeuvre is the time when his paintings are between figuration and abstraction. Only until around 1975 he additionally creates numerous watercolors, even though he restricts this medium to his more lyrical works. If Franz Ecker cannot be included in the avant-garde cannon of the 70’s, it is only because he witheld from presenting his works on the art market. Instead of using the opportunities that were offered to him in Vienna, he returned after his time at the academy to Linz where there was no appreciation nor market for his works. Distanced from the established art business, Ecker lives uncompromisingly the precarious life of a lonely genius. An artist myth, which in his case certainly is a bitter reality. Unimpressed by this, Ecker develops an increasingly broad language of forms within the clear line of abstract pictorial conception, which he emphasizes with constantly new forms of signature. At the end of the seventies his works became more gestural and expressive. His works like “Kafka” anticipate the “Neue Wilden”. When these are celebrated as the “return of painting” a few years later, Franz Ecker, with self-confidence in an interview, realizes that he does not see many revelations in them. He was still “a one-eyed man among the blind”. Franz Ecker to that time developed his style further achieving highly structured flatness that is often compared to Keith Haring. For museums, curators, art historians and collectors, Ecker leaves behind a work that still allows for the possibility of interpretation, revaluation, even discovery.

Creator:
Franz Ecker (1943 - 1999)
Dimensions:
Height: 33.86 in (86 cm)Width: 33.86 in (86 cm)
Medium:
Wood,Oil
Period:
Late 20th Century
Condition:
Gallery Location:
Wien, AT
Reference Number:
1stDibs: LU1782210072342

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