Hauser, Carry Carl Maria#
b. Vienna, Feb. 16, 1895, d. Rekawinkel (Lower Austria), Nov. 7, 1985, painter, graphic artist, stage designer, writer. Studied at the Educational and Research Institute for Graphics in Vienna (Wiener Graphische Lehr- and Versuchsanstalt) and at the Vienna College of Arts and Crafts. From 1928 chairman of the Hagenbund (artists' association founded in 1900). 1939 emigrated to Switzerland, where he lived until 1947. Changed his expressionist conception of art into a strict accentuation of form.
Works#
Portfolios: Die Insel, 1919; Buch der Traeume, 1922; Hafenbilder, 1923; Mappe Ceha, 1954. - Portraits: R. Kassner, F. T. Csokor, etc. - Illustrations. - Literary publications: Von Kunst und Kuenstlern in Oesterreich, 1937; Eine Geschichte vom verlorenen Sohn, 1945.Literature#
L. Haiboeck, Der Maler C. H., 1960; C. Cabuk, C. H., das malerische und graph. Werk bis zum Jahr 1927, doctoral thesis, Vienna 1990; K. Schroeder, Die Neue Sachlichkeit in Oesterreich, exhibition catalogue, Kunstforum, Vienna 1995.