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Franz Anton Coufal
Austrian Magic Realist Oil Painting Vibrant Village Landscape Scene Franz Coufal

$2,800
£2,150.28
€2,464.19
CA$3,941.71
A$4,415.58
CHF 2,296.65
MX$53,861.02
NOK 29,239.44
SEK 27,570.71
DKK 18,392.07

About the Item

Framed 24.5 x 28.5 image 19.5 x 23 inches. Franz Anton Coufal (Austrian, 1927 - 1999) Painter and sculptor known for figure painting, bronze sculpture, genre paintings and as a graphic artist. After completing an apprenticeship as a locksmith, Franz Anton Coufal attended the Graphic Education and Research Institute in Vienna from 1947 to 1949 as a student of André Roder and from 1949 to 1953 took lessons from Ignaz Schönbrunner. From 1953 to 1959 he finally studied with Fritz Wotruba at the Academy of Fine Arts (diploma and master school award 1959). Coufal then went on study trips to Germany and Italy and then settled in Vienna as a sculptor and graphic artist. His work bears the influence of Austrian Magic Realism and the artists Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Arik Erich Brauer and Ernst Fuchs. THis work also has Expressionist elements to it. He organized exhibitions in Vienna (from 1955), Paris (1962, 1970) and Brussels (1964) as well as in other Austrian cities. His most important works include the honorary grave for Leopold Figl in the central cemetery (1966). In 1979 he provided the design for the face of the silver 100 schilling coin "Festival and Congress House Bregenz", in 1980 he created the Lehár monument for the city park, and in 1987 he received the special prize in the "Danube Region Vienna" competition. A select list of his sculptures in public spaces "Standing youth" (19, Hameaustraße - Celtesgasse, urban residential complex; 1960) "Reclining youth" (22, Kagran [Meißnergasse - Maißauer Gasse - Anton-Sattler-Gasse]; artificial stone, 1962) "Flammender Turm" (16, Thaliastraße 159; marble) Cubist marble sculpture (11, Molitorgasse at 15) Drinking fountain (20, Adalbert-Stifter-Straße primary school; 1968) Figldenkmal (1, Minoritenplatz, 1973) Coufal created some of his later works for the "Harmonie" rest home for the blind in Unterdambach near Neulengbach (memorial for the 144 blind people who perished in concentration camps, unveiled in 2000; stone sculpture "Monument to Humanity" on the terrace; rose-thorn cross and tabernacle for the in-house Odilien- Chapel; bronze portrait sculpture by Robert Vogel in the entrance hall, unveiled July 3, 1994). Bibliography Rudolf Schmidt: Austrian artist lexicon. From the beginning to the present. Vienna: Tusch 1974-1980 Who's Who in the world. Volume 2: 1974-1975. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who 1974 Who's who in the world. Volume 3: 1976-1977. New Providence, NJ: Marquis Who's Who 1976 Who is Who in Austria with South Tyrol part (Hübner's "Blue Who is Who"). Zug: Who is who, Verlag für Personalenzyklopädien 12 1995 Otto Breicha: Franz Anton Coufal In: Franz Anton Coufal. Österreichische Staatsdruckerei, December 9-22, 1964. Vienna: Staatsdruckerei 1964 The press, July 30, 1963 Of the generation of Viennese artists Alois Mosbacher, Josef Mikl, Oswald Oberhuber, Christian Ludwig Attersee, Peter Sengl, Max Weiler, Franz Ringel, Gunter Brus, Hubert Schmalix, Wilhelm Kaufmann, Paul Flora, Oscar Larsen, Hans Staudacher, Siegfried Anzinger, Ernst Huber, Karl Korab, Josef Dobrowsky, Ludwig Heinrich Jungnickel, Oskar Laske
  • Creator:
    Franz Anton Coufal (1927 - 1999)
  • Dimensions:
    Height: 24.5 in (62.23 cm)Width: 28.5 in (72.39 cm)
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  • Condition:
    good. frame has minor wear.
  • Gallery Location:
    Surfside, FL
  • Reference Number:
    1stDibs: LU38216577612

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