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Anton Kolig BIOGRAPHY
1886 Neutitschein, Moravia - 1950 Notaschim, Gailtal, Austria. Known for: Expressive figure painting, murals, teaching.
Anton Kolig, (1886, Neutitschein, Moravia-1950, Nötsch im Gailtal, Austria), began his art studies at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts for two years beginning in 1904 with Oskar Kokoschka. He... Read full biography
Anton Kolig, (1886, Neutitschein, Moravia-1950, Nötsch im Gailtal, Austria), began his art studies at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts for two years beginning in 1904 with Oskar Kokoschka. He then moved to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1912. While at the Academy, Gustav Klimt... Read full biography
Anton Kolig, (1886, Neutitschein, Moravia-1950, Nötsch im Gailtal, Austria), began his art studies at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts for two years beginning in 1904 with Oskar Kokoschka. He then moved to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1912. While at the Academy, Gustav Klimt invited Kolig to participate in one of the group modern art exhibitions. This exposure brought a certain amount of fame and resulted in a traveling scholarship to Paris in 1912. In 1913 he traveled to... Read full biography
Anton Kolig, (1886, Neutitschein, Moravia-1950, Nötsch im Gailtal, Austria), began his art studies at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts for two years beginning in 1904 with Oskar Kokoschka. He then moved to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1912. While at the Academy, Gustav Klimt invited Kolig to participate in one of the group modern art exhibitions. This exposure brought a certain amount of fame and resulted in a traveling scholarship to Paris in 1912. In 1913 he traveled to Colmar and Boulogne-sur-Mer, as well as the Netherlands. Kolig finally settled in Cassis near Marseille. At the outbreak of World War I, Kolig and many other avant-garde artists abandoned the city for the countryside. An enclave of artists congregated... Read full biography
Anton Kolig, (1886, Neutitschein, Moravia-1950, Nötsch im Gailtal, Austria), began his art studies at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts for two years beginning in 1904 with Oskar Kokoschka. He then moved to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1912. While at the Academy, Gustav Klimt invited Kolig to participate in one of the group modern art exhibitions. This exposure brought a certain amount of fame and resulted in a traveling scholarship to Paris in 1912. In 1913 he traveled to Colmar and Boulogne-sur-Mer, as well as the Netherlands. Kolig finally settled in Cassis near Marseille. At the outbreak of World War I, Kolig and many other avant-garde artists abandoned the city for the countryside. An enclave of artists congregated in the small town of Nötsch in the Gailtal Valley (southern Austria). They became kn... Read full biography
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Anton Kolig, (1886, Neutitschein, Moravia-1950, Nötsch im Gailtal, Austria), began his art studies at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts for two years beginning in 1904 with Oskar Kokoschka. He then moved to the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts from 1906 to 1912.
While at the Academy, Gustav Klimt invited Kolig to participate in one of the group modern art exhibitions. This exposure brought a certain amount of fame and resulted in a traveling scholarship to Paris in 1912. In 1913 he traveled to Colmar and Boulogne-sur-Mer, as well as the Netherlands. Kolig finally settled in Cassis near Marseille.
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