!!!Faistauer, Anton

b. Lofer (Salzburg), Feb. 14, 1887, 
d. Vienna, Feb. 13, 1930, painter. From 1906-1909 studied at the 
Vienna Academy of Fine Arts and founded the "Neukunstgruppe", an 
independent artists' association, together with A.  Kolig and E.  
Schiele, in 1909. worked in Salzburg from 1919 and in Vienna from 
1926. painted expressive still lifes and portraits vibrant with 
colour. F. tried to develop contemporary forms of fresco painting and 
to combine modern and traditional elements.

!Works
frescoes in the Festspielhaus, Salzburg, 1926 (1938 removed, 
now retransferred to canvas); in the church of Morzg in Salzburg, 
1922; in Weidlingau Palace, 1929. - Portraits (R. Mayr as "Ochs v. 
Lerchenau", 1927 and others). - Writing: Neue Malerei in Oe. 
Betrachtungen eines Malers, 1923.

!Literature
F. Fuhrmann, A. F., 1972 (incl. a work index of the 
paintings).



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