Helmuth Gräff

Helmuth Gräff (born 12 April 1958 in Gars am Kamp) is an Austrian painter, poet and drawer. Gräffs painterly style is rooted on the one hand in the artistic heritage of Vincent van Gogh,[1] and on the other hand he can also be regarded as a precursor or heritage of the Neuen Wilde.[2]

Helmuth Gräff
Helmuth Gräff (left) and Günter Stummvoll, former Austrian Secretary of State
Born12 April 1958 (1958-04-12) (age 62)
Gars am Kamp, Austria
NationalityAustria
Known forPainter, drawer and poet
MovementExpressionism
Awards1st prize "Freunde der Akademie" (1983)
WebsiteHelmuth Gräff official website
Exhibition, Helmuth Gräff with the Vice-Chancellor of Austria, Wolfgang Brandstetter (centre)

Life

Helmuth Gräff is the child of Rudolf Gräff and Leopoldine Gräff (born Kimmerl) from Vienna-Schwechat, who belongs to the family of former imperial judge Matthias Kimmerl of Kaiserebersdorf (1818–1883). Gräff was married first to Martina Maria Gach, daughter of the architect Richard Gach. His son Matthias Laurenz Gräff works also as an academic painter.

In his youth Helmuth Gräff had been drawing thousands of artworks and kept on practising until the age of 20 where he began to study at the Wiener Kunstschule by Fritz Martinz.[3] Between 1979 and 1983 he studied art at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna of Gustav Hessings and later Friedensreich Hundertwassers masterclass of painting.[4]

Since 1989 is Gräff self-employed as an academic painter, drawer and poet. The themes of his artworks are one the one hand compositions with spiritual and religious contents, and one the other hand works in the nature (Italy, France, Florida, Bali).

Gräff exhibited among others in the Palais Palffy,[5][6] Palais Todesco[7] and Museum of Young Art[8] as well in the Leopold Museum Vienna.[9] His artworks were auctionated at Dorotheum[10] and Auktionshaus Im Kinsky.[11]

Collections

Exhibitions

Solo Exhibitions:

  • 2019 "Mein Leben für die Kunst", Kunstmuseum Waldviertel, Schrems, AT[13]
  • 2016 "Unterwegs ...", Palais Todesco, Vienna/AT
  • 2014 "Memento mori", KunstSalon, Vienna/AT
  • 2011 "La pura women's health resort kamptal", Gars am Kamp/AT
  • 2010 "Intarsien - Eine malerische Rundreise", Palais Palffy, Vienna/AT
  • 2010 "Frühlingskantate", Salon - Galerie Cornelia Mensdorff-Pouilly, Vienna/AT
  • 2010 "Gräff meets OK", Oskar Kokoschka-Dokumentationszentrum, Pöchlarn/AT
  • 2008 "Sunloft Center" und Wyvern Hotel, Punta Gorda, Florida/USA
  • 2008 "Zwischen den Welten", Dommuseum, Vienna/AT
  • 2008 "Zwischen den Welten", Buchpräsentation und Ausstellung, MOYA - Museum of Young Art, Vienna/AT
  • 2007 Galerie Weihergut, Salzburg/AT

Group Exhibitions:

  • 2015: "Matthias Laurenz Gräff und Helmuth Gräff. Zwischen den Welten - Zwischen den Generationen", Galerie Daliko, Krems an der Donau[14]
  • 2011 "The exitement continues - Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Leopold II", Leopold Museum, Vienna/AT[15]
  • 2011 "Gräff trifft Seitz", Exhibition with Friedrich Martin Seitz, The land of Lower Austria-Ausstellungsbrücke, St. Pölten/AT

Literature
  • Heinrich Fuchs, Die österreichischen Maler des 20. Jahrhunderts. Ergänzungsband 1, p. 69
  • Helmuth Gräff. Edition Thurnhof, Heft No 5, anlässlich der Personalausstellung in der Horner Galerie Thurnhof, 1990, 20 pages.
  • Helmuth Gräff, Akt - Landschaft - Allegorie. Edition M wie Kunst in der Bibliothek der Provinz. Verlag für Literatur, Kunst und Musikalien, 2005, 102 pages. ISBN 3-85252-645-0
  • Helmuth Gräff, Zwischen den Welten. Dionysisch - Apollinisch - Erde - Wasser - Feuer - Luft. Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, 2008, 222 pages. ISBN 978-3-85252-908-0

References
  1. Helmuth Gräff, Akt - Landschaft - Allegorie. Edition M wie Kunst in der Bibliothek der Provinz. Verlag für Literatur, Kunst und Musikalien, 2005, S. 23
  2. THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Leopold II
  3. Helmuth Gräff at Basis Wien
  4. CV at the "Österreichische Galerie Belvedere"
  5. Newspaper article NÖN
  6. CV at the "Österreichische Galerie Belvedere"
  7. Pensionssystem, ein Schrecken ohne Ende (ger)
  8. www.graeff.co.at
  9. THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Leopold II
  10. Helmuth Gräff at Dorotheum
  11. Helmuth Gräff at Auktionahaus Im Kinsky
  12. Newspaper article: Kleine Zeitung. Helmuth Gräff, "Metamorphosen" - Ölgemälde und Zeichnungen (Oct 2010) (german) Archived 2012-09-07 at Archive.today
  13. Das Kunstmuseum Waldviertel (ger)
  14. Newspaper article: NÖN, "Gräff & Gräff im Vergleich" (german)
  15. Pressetext aus dem Leopold Museum. "THE EXCITEMENT CONTINUES. Zeitgenössische Kunst aus der Sammlung Leopold II"
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