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THEO BRAUN, 1922 KARBITZ - 2006 BRUNN
COMPOSITION, large format.
Color lithograph, 50 x 71cm the sheet on vellum.
Signed in pencil. Edition 70 pieces
Magnificent application of paint.
The outer edges slightly browned, the lithography flawless.
Theo Braun, December 24, 1922 in Karbitz, Czechoslovakia December 1, 2006 in Brunn am Gebirge was an Austrian painter and graphic artist.
Theo Braun studied from 1939 to 1941 at the Academy of Applied Arts in Dresden and from 1946 to 1950 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. Between 1949 and 1967, Braun was first an assistant and then a lecturer at the Vienna University of Technology (today: TU Vienna). He lived in Brunn am Gebirge until the end. In 1959, Theo Braun was a participant in the documenta 2 in Kassel in the graphics department and the Sao Paulo Biennale. In 1976 he was awarded the State of Lower Austria's Cultural Prize for Fine Arts.
Work
Braun painted both abstract and representational pictures and also explored the possibilities of iron etching. According to his family, he had over 80 solo exhibitions and was involved in 120 exhibitions on all continents.
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