Gottfried Mairwöger (1951–2003) is one of the most important representatives of color field painting in Austria. From 1971, he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, first under Josef Mikl and then, from 1973, under Wolfgang Hollegha. The American art critic Clement Greenberg and Prince Karel Schwarzenberg were among his patrons. In 1982, Mairwöger was honored with the Monsignore Otto Mauer Prize.
Throughout Mairwöger’s entire career, extensive travels around the world were one of his most important sources of inspiration. The new colors and unique light of distant lands were the impetus for numerous phases of work and constant artistic development.
The work of the artist, who died in 2003 at the age of only 52, has been honored with exhibitions at home and abroad (in New York, Chicago, Paris, Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Bern, etc.). Today, Gottfried Mairwöger’s works can be found in the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, the Estée Lauder Collection in New York, the Mumok, the Leopold Museum, the Albertina, and many other locations.
Mairwöger, Gottfried
1951 Tragwein/Upper Austria – 2003 Vienna
untitled (1975)
41 ¼ × 51 ¼ in
Mairwöger, Gottfried
1951 Tragwein/Upper Austria – 2003 Vienna
„The Vale II“
43⅓ × 29½ in
Mairwöger, Gottfried
1951 Tragwein/Upper Austria – 2003 Vienna
untitled (1997)
41 ¾ × 30 in
Mairwöger, Gottfried
1951 Tragwein/Upper Austria – 2003 Vienna
„Einladungsbild“ („Invitation Painting“)
39 ½ × 39 ½ in
Mairwöger, Gottfried
1951 Tragwein/Upper Austria – 2003 Vienna
untitled
71 ½ × 32 ½ in
Mairwöger, Gottfried
1951 Tragwein/Upper Austria – 2003 Vienna
untitled
30 ¼ × 21 ⅓ resp. 30 ½ × 18 ½ in
