!!!Kolig, Anton

b. Novy Jičín, Czech Republic (then Neutitschein), July 1, 1886, 
d. Noetsch (Carinthia), May 17, 1950, painter; grandfather of 
Cornelius  Kolig. 1928-1943 taught at Stuttgart Academy of Fine Arts. 
Founded the  Noetscher Kreis and developed a monumental style of 
painting characterized by strong colours. Most of his work was 
destroyed in a bomb attack in December 1944.

!Works
Frescoes in the Crematorium Vienna, 1925; Grosser Spiegel-Akt, 
1926; 4 tapestries (1925) and a large mosaic (1927) for the Salzburg 
Festspielhaus; frescoes at the Landhaus Klagenfurt, 1930 (destroyed by 
the National Socialists); Grosse Pietà, 1943-1948.

!Literature
W. Skreiner, A. K. Das malerische Werk, exhibition 
catalogue, Graz 1981; P. Weiermair, A. K., Die Zeichnungen, 1985.



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