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1959 Graz - 2025 Vienna
- Title
- untitled (2009)
- signed
- and dated verso “Brandl 2009”
- Technique
- oil on canvas
- Measurements
- 85 ¾ × 67 in
exhibited:
“Herbert Brandl” solo exhibition, Deichtorhallen Hamburg, April 25 – August 30, 2009.
„Herbert Brandl“ solo exhibition, Bank Austria Kunstforum Vienna, January 26 – April 15, 2012.
illustrated in:
R. Fleck (ed.): Herbert Brandl, exhibition cat. Deichtorhallen Hamburg, Hamburg 2009, p. 53.
I. Brugger/F. Steininger (ed.): Herbert Brandl, exhibition cat. Bank Austria Kunstforum Vienna, Vienna 2012, p. 198.
This impressive painting was created by Herbert Brandl, one of the most important representatives of contemporary Austrian painting, in 2009 on the occasion of a major solo exhibition at the Deichtorhallen Hamburg. Two years after designing the Austrian Pavilion at the 2007 Venice Biennale, this exhibition marked another highlight in Brandl’s internationally successful career.
Brandl transforms the two-dimensional canvas into an atmospheric, multilayered pictorial space through his evocative painting. His gestural brushwork, characterized by a rhythmic, staccato-like stroke, conveys the dynamic nature of his practice. Brandl himself described his creative process as “intuitive and without hesitation. And somehow I painted like in a performance.”
Born in Graz in 1959, Brandl studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna from 1978 to 1983. In the 1980s, he was part of the progressive group known as the “Neue Wilde.” He participated in the 1985 Biennale de Paris, the 1989 São Paulo Biennial, documenta IX in Kassel in 1992, and the 2007 Venice Biennale. From 2004 to 2019, Brandl served as professor at the Düsseldorf Art Academy. In 2025, he was awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize. Today, Brandl’s works are held in major international collections, including the Centre Georges Pompidou in Paris, the MMK Frankfurt, the Stedelijk Museum in Ghent, the Kunsthalle Bern, as well as in Austria’s most important modern art museums.