Franz Grabmayr. Opera 1970-1980: Cat. Vienna State Opera

" I paint the movement. Then it's dance! Dance is dynamic!" said Franz Grabmayr (1927- 2015) in the 1980s about his " dance paintings" . The post-abstract Viennese painter started his own group of works around 1971 at the Vienna State Opera during ballet training and in the evenings during shows, where he could stand in a corridor next to the stage, virtually between two different curtains, with a view of the performances. Using charcoal and colored inks, he captured the shapes of moving human bodies on paper.

Author: Franz Grabmayr,Robert Fleck
Binding Type: Hardcover
Publisher: Snoeck Publishing Company
Published: 07/07/2025
Pages: 88
Weight: 0.7lbs
Size: 6.90h x 5.20w x 0.50d
ISBN: 9783864424489