Franz Rosei
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Franz Rosei is an Austria
n sculptor and draughtsman
. His brother is the writer Peter Rosei
.
en and gypsum
sculpture
s. After a short stay at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna (Universität für angewandte Kunst – « die Angewandte »), where he followed lessons with Prof. Leinfellner, he worked independently again. He produced a few sculptures with the concrete
casting
technique. As from 1970 he worked primarily with stone
(marble
, limestone
, sandstone
) and with some drawing
s (pencil
, charcoal
, watercolor
). In 1985 Rosei began working in in bronze
.
The works of Franz Rosei have been displayed for over 30 years in many exhibitions in Austria
and abroad (Germany
, USA, Italy
, France
and Switzerland
).
Rosei’s main topic is a vision on this life and world, and the wish to bring onto shape the outcome of such observation and such thinking.
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
n sculptor and draughtsman
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
. His brother is the writer Peter Rosei
Peter Rosei
Peter Rosei is an Austrian literary writer.Rosei attended the University of Vienna, where he earned a doctorate in law in 1968...
.
Biography
After completing high school in 1966, Franz Rosei started to work on woodWood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
en and gypsum
Gypsum
Gypsum is a very soft sulfate mineral composed of calcium sulfate dihydrate, with the chemical formula CaSO4·2H2O. It is found in alabaster, a decorative stone used in Ancient Egypt. It is the second softest mineral on the Mohs Hardness Scale...
sculpture
Sculpture
Sculpture is three-dimensional artwork created by shaping or combining hard materials—typically stone such as marble—or metal, glass, or wood. Softer materials can also be used, such as clay, textiles, plastics, polymers and softer metals...
s. After a short stay at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna (Universität für angewandte Kunst – « die Angewandte »), where he followed lessons with Prof. Leinfellner, he worked independently again. He produced a few sculptures with the concrete
Concrete
Concrete is a composite construction material, composed of cement and other cementitious materials such as fly ash and slag cement, aggregate , water and chemical admixtures.The word concrete comes from the Latin word...
casting
Casting
In metalworking, casting involves pouring liquid metal into a mold, which contains a hollow cavity of the desired shape, and then allowing it to cool and solidify. The solidified part is also known as a casting, which is ejected or broken out of the mold to complete the process...
technique. As from 1970 he worked primarily with stone
Stone carving
Stone carving is an ancient activity where pieces of rough natural stone are shaped by the controlled removal of stone. Owing to the permanence of the material, evidence can be found that even the earliest societies indulged in some form of stone work....
(marble
Marble
Marble is a metamorphic rock composed of recrystallized carbonate minerals, most commonly calcite or dolomite.Geologists use the term "marble" to refer to metamorphosed limestone; however stonemasons use the term more broadly to encompass unmetamorphosed limestone.Marble is commonly used for...
, limestone
Limestone
Limestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different crystal forms of calcium carbonate . Many limestones are composed from skeletal fragments of marine organisms such as coral or foraminifera....
, sandstone
Sandstone
Sandstone is a sedimentary rock composed mainly of sand-sized minerals or rock grains.Most sandstone is composed of quartz and/or feldspar because these are the most common minerals in the Earth's crust. Like sand, sandstone may be any colour, but the most common colours are tan, brown, yellow,...
) and with some drawing
Drawing
Drawing is a form of visual art that makes use of any number of drawing instruments to mark a two-dimensional medium. Common instruments include graphite pencils, pen and ink, inked brushes, wax color pencils, crayons, charcoal, chalk, pastels, markers, styluses, and various metals .An artist who...
s (pencil
Pencil
A pencil is a writing implement or art medium usually constructed of a narrow, solid pigment core inside a protective casing. The case prevents the core from breaking, and also from marking the user’s hand during use....
, charcoal
Charcoal
Charcoal is the dark grey residue consisting of carbon, and any remaining ash, obtained by removing water and other volatile constituents from animal and vegetation substances. Charcoal is usually produced by slow pyrolysis, the heating of wood or other substances in the absence of oxygen...
, watercolor
Watercolor painting
Watercolor or watercolour , also aquarelle from French, is a painting method. A watercolor is the medium or the resulting artwork in which the paints are made of pigments suspended in a water-soluble vehicle...
). In 1985 Rosei began working in in bronze
Bronze
Bronze is a metal alloy consisting primarily of copper, usually with tin as the main additive. It is hard and brittle, and it was particularly significant in antiquity, so much so that the Bronze Age was named after the metal...
.
The works of Franz Rosei have been displayed for over 30 years in many exhibitions in Austria
Austria
Austria , officially the Republic of Austria , is a landlocked country of roughly 8.4 million people in Central Europe. It is bordered by the Czech Republic and Germany to the north, Slovakia and Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the...
and abroad (Germany
Germany
Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...
, USA, Italy
Italy
Italy , officially the Italian Republic languages]] under the European Charter for Regional or Minority Languages. In each of these, Italy's official name is as follows:;;;;;;;;), is a unitary parliamentary republic in South-Central Europe. To the north it borders France, Switzerland, Austria and...
, France
France
The French Republic , The French Republic , The French Republic , (commonly known as France , is a unitary semi-presidential republic in Western Europe with several overseas territories and islands located on other continents and in the Indian, Pacific, and Atlantic oceans. Metropolitan France...
and Switzerland
Switzerland
Switzerland name of one of the Swiss cantons. ; ; ; or ), in its full name the Swiss Confederation , is a federal republic consisting of 26 cantons, with Bern as the seat of the federal authorities. The country is situated in Western Europe,Or Central Europe depending on the definition....
).
Rosei’s main topic is a vision on this life and world, and the wish to bring onto shape the outcome of such observation and such thinking.
Individual exhibitions (selection)
- Künstlerhaus, ViennaViennaVienna is the capital and largest city of the Republic of Austria and one of the nine states of Austria. Vienna is Austria's primary city, with a population of about 1.723 million , and is by far the largest city in Austria, as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre...
, 1976 - Galerie Schapira & Beck, Vienna, 1977
- Galerie Orny, MunichMunichMunich The city's motto is "" . Before 2006, it was "Weltstadt mit Herz" . Its native name, , is derived from the Old High German Munichen, meaning "by the monks' place". The city's name derives from the monks of the Benedictine order who founded the city; hence the monk depicted on the city's coat...
, 1978 - Künstlerhaus, SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, 1979 - Künstlerhaus, KlagenfurtKlagenfurt-Name:Carinthia's eminent linguists Primus Lessiak and Eberhard Kranzmayer assumed that the city's name, which literally translates as "ford of lament" or "ford of complaints", had something to do with the superstitious thought that fateful fairies or demons tend to live around treacherous waters...
, 1979 - In the context of the "Sonderschau Österreich", 1980
- During the "Kunstmesse Basel" in the context of the "Biennale des Jeunes", ParisParisParis is the capital and largest city in France, situated on the river Seine, in northern France, at the heart of the Île-de-France region...
, 1980 - Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1980
- Galerie Droschl, GrazGrazThe more recent population figures do not give the whole picture as only people with principal residence status are counted and people with secondary residence status are not. Most of the people with secondary residence status in Graz are students...
, 1981 - Galerie Welz, SalzburgSalzburg-Population development:In 1935, the population significantly increased when Salzburg absorbed adjacent municipalities. After World War II, numerous refugees found a new home in the city. New residential space was created for American soldiers of the postwar Occupation, and could be used for...
, 1982 - Galerie Würthle, Vienna, 1983
- Museum moderner Kunst/Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1984
- Galerie Lendl, Graz, 1989
- Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1989
- Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Salzburg, 1990
- Ulysses Gallery, New York, 1991
- Galerie im Taxispalais, InnsbruckInnsbruck- Main sights :- Buildings :*Golden Roof*Kaiserliche Hofburg *Hofkirche with the cenotaph of Maximilian I, Holy Roman Emperor*Altes Landhaus...
, 1994 - Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1995
- Kulturhaus Graz, 2000
- Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 2001
- Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2001
- Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, 2003
- Galerie Arthouse, BregenzBregenz-Culture:The annual summer music festival Bregenzer Festspiele is a world-famous festival which takes place on and around a stage on Lake Constance, where a different opera is performed every second year.-Sport:* A1 Bregenz HB is a handball team....
, 2004 - Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2007
Participation to exhibitions (selection)
- « Steinzeit », Tiroler Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, 1986
- Museum moderner Kunst/Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1987
- « Wien – Vienna 1960–1990 », Museum Moderner Kunst, Bolzano, 1989
- « Wien – Vienna 1960–1990 », Palazzo della Permanente, MilanMilanMilan is the second-largest city in Italy and the capital city of the region of Lombardy and of the province of Milan. The city proper has a population of about 1.3 million, while its urban area, roughly coinciding with its administrative province and the bordering Province of Monza and Brianza ,...
, 1990 - « Ursprung und Moderne », Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, LinzLinzLinz is the third-largest city of Austria and capital of the state of Upper Austria . It is located in the north centre of Austria, approximately south of the Czech border, on both sides of the river Danube. The population of the city is , and that of the Greater Linz conurbation is about...
, 1990 - « La figura interiore », PordenonePordenonePordenone is a comune of Pordenone province of northeast Italy in the Friuli-Venezia Giulia region.The name comes from the Latin "Portus Naonis" meaning the port on the river Noncello - History :...
, 1991 - « Wotruba und die Folgen », Museum Würth und BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, 1994
- « Skulpturengarten », Galerie Poller, Frankfurt, 1996
- « Des Eisbergs Spitze », Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 1998
- « Ein gemeinsamer Ort. Skulpturen, Plastiken, Objekte », Lentos Museum Linz, 2006
- « Albrecht und Zeitgenossen, Positionen österreichischer Bildhauerei seit 1945 », Künstlerhaus Bregenz, 2007
Works presented at official exhibitions
- Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
- Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst (Artothek Wien)
- Salzburger Landessammlung Rupertinum, Salzburg
- Kulturamt der Stadt Wien
- Kulturamt der Stadt Linz
- Amt der niederösterreichischen Landesregierung
- Museum moderner Kunst, Vienna
- Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz
- Wien Museum
Publications
- Franz Rosei / Ernst Nowak, Steine / Felder, Gemini-Verlag, Berlin, 2003, 65 pp., ISBN 3-935978-19-7
- Peter Rosei (texts) and Franz Rosei (drawings), Entwurf für eine Welt ohne Menschen, Entwurf zu einer Reise ohne Ziel, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1975, 164 pp., ISBN 3701701253
- Peter Rosei and Franz Rosei, Ich glaube… in: Katalog Schapira & Beck, Vienna 1977
- Peter Rosei and Franz Rosei, Von der Arbeit…, in: Katalog Künstlerhaus Salzburg und Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, 1979