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August Walla BIOGRAPHY
1936 - 2001. Known for: Painting.
August Walla worked as an artist, painter and photographer at an early age. In his art, he took his environment by painting symbols, godlike, and idolatry on objects (including houses or trees).... Read full biography
August Walla worked as an artist, painter and photographer at an early age. In his art, he took his environment by painting symbols, godlike, and idolatry on objects (including houses or trees). Figures and symbols can be found in all his works. He thus created a closed artistic cosmos. August... Read full biography
August Walla worked as an artist, painter and photographer at an early age. In his art, he took his environment by painting symbols, godlike, and idolatry on objects (including houses or trees). Figures and symbols can be found in all his works. He thus created a closed artistic cosmos. August Walla had lived in the house of the artists in Maria Gugging since 1983 and was one of the most versatile artists of the so-called Art Brut.... Read full biography
August Walla worked as an artist, painter and photographer at an early age. In his art, he took his environment by painting symbols, godlike, and idolatry on objects (including houses or trees). Figures and symbols can be found in all his works. He thus created a closed artistic cosmos. August Walla had lived in the house of the artists in Maria Gugging since 1983 and was one of the most versatile artists of the so-called Art Brut.... Read full biography
August Walla worked as an artist, painter and photographer at an early age. In his art, he took his environment by painting symbols, godlike, and idolatry on objects (including houses or trees). Figures and symbols can be found in all his works. He thus created a closed artistic cosmos. August Walla had lived in the house of the artists in Maria Gugging since 1983 and was one of the most versatile artists of the so-called Art Brut.
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Biography from Ressler Kunst Auktionen
August Walla worked as an artist, painter and photographer at an early age. In his art, he took his environment by painting symbols, godlike, and idolatry on objects (including houses or trees). Figures and symbols can be found in all his works. He thus created a closed artistic cosmos.
August Walla had lived in the house of the artists in Maria Gugging since 1983 and was one of the most versatile artists of the so-called Art Brut.Biography from Anderson & Garland
Born Klosterneuburg, Austria, 1936. During World War II Walla's mother Aloisia, raised him as a girl to spare him from the draft. Made his first drawings at the age of 10. Diagnosed as schizophrenic at the age of 17 and began a lifetime habit of writing, making objects and graffiti. Admitted to Gugging Hospital 1970. Moved to Haus der Künstler in 1983. Died 2001.