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1931 Hainsbach, Czechoslovakia - 2003 Rostock, Germany. Known for: Painting and graphic work shaped by East German applied-arts training, as well as his long career as an artist and educator in Rostock.
Rudolf Austen was born in 1931 in Germany and trained in applied and fine arts before establishing a long career as a painter and educator. Rudolf Austen studied at the School of Applied Arts in... Read full biography
Rudolf Austen was born in 1931 in Germany and trained in applied and fine arts before establishing a long career as a painter and educator. Rudolf Austen studied at the School of Applied Arts in Wismar from 1950 to 1953 under Werner Laux and Heinz Dubois, and continued his studies at the... Read full biography
Rudolf Austen was born in 1931 in Germany and trained in applied and fine arts before establishing a long career as a painter and educator. Rudolf Austen studied at the School of Applied Arts in Wismar from 1950 to 1953 under Werner Laux and Heinz Dubois, and continued his studies at the Berlin-Weißensee Academy of Fine and Applied Arts from 1953 to 1958 under Gabriele Mucchi, Bert Heller, Arno Mohr, Kurt Robbel, and Oskar Nerlinger. This period provided Austen with a foundation in both... Read full biography
Rudolf Austen was born in 1931 in Germany and trained in applied and fine arts before establishing a long career as a painter and educator. Rudolf Austen studied at the School of Applied Arts in Wismar from 1950 to 1953 under Werner Laux and Heinz Dubois, and continued his studies at the Berlin-Weißensee Academy of Fine and Applied Arts from 1953 to 1958 under Gabriele Mucchi, Bert Heller, Arno Mohr, Kurt Robbel, and Oskar Nerlinger. This period provided Austen with a foundation in both applied-arts practice and the figurative, design-oriented traditions of East German art education. From 1958 onward, Rudolf Austen lived and worked in Rostock as a freelance artist. Beginning in 1960, Austen also taught painting, design, and nature studies... Read full biography
Rudolf Austen was born in 1931 in Germany and trained in applied and fine arts before establishing a long career as a painter and educator. Rudolf Austen studied at the School of Applied Arts in Wismar from 1950 to 1953 under Werner Laux and Heinz Dubois, and continued his studies at the Berlin-Weißensee Academy of Fine and Applied Arts from 1953 to 1958 under Gabriele Mucchi, Bert Heller, Arno Mohr, Kurt Robbel, and Oskar Nerlinger. This period provided Austen with a foundation in both applied-arts practice and the figurative, design-oriented traditions of East German art education. From 1958 onward, Rudolf Austen lived and worked in Rostock as a freelance artist. Beginning in 1960, Austen also taught painting, design, and nature studies at the Heiligendamm School of Applied Arts, a position he held until 1980. His dual role as artist and educator placed him within the broade... Read full biography
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Rudolf Austen was born in 1931 in Germany and trained in applied and fine arts before establishing a long career as a painter and educator. Rudolf Austen studied at the School of Applied Arts in Wismar from 1950 to 1953 under Werner Laux and Heinz Dubois, and continued his studies at the Berlin-Weißensee Academy of Fine and Applied Arts from 1953 to 1958 under Gabriele Mucchi, Bert Heller, Arno Mohr, Kurt Robbel, and Oskar Nerlinger. This period provided Austen with a foundation in both applied-arts practice and the figurative, design-oriented traditions of East German art education.
From 1958 onward, Rudolf Austen lived and worked in Rostock as a freelance artist. Beginning in 1960, Austen also taught painting, design, and nature studies at the Heiligendamm School of Applied Arts, a position he held until 1980. His dual role as artist and educator placed him within the broader cultural framework of the GDR, where he was an active member of the Association of Visual Artists.
Rudolf Austen regularly participated in the GDR art exhibitions in Dresden from 1962 onward, contributing to the country’s major state-sponsored exhibitions. In 1976, he created four large-format paintings for the Palace of the Republic, a significant commission within the cultural program of the period. His works are represented in the collections of numerous museums, reflecting the steady institutional recognition of his practice.
Among other honors, Rudolf Austen received the Culture Prize of the Rostock District Council in 1974 and the Art Prize of the GDR in 1977. Throughout his career, Austen remained committed to painting and to the applied-arts traditions that shaped his early training.Biography from Auktionshaus Satow
Rudolf Austen was a Czech Postwar & Contemporary painter who was born in 1931 and died in 2003.
From 1958, Rudolf had his residence in Rostock, where he initially worked as a freelance artist. Austen began working as a lecturer a the technical school for applied arts in Heiligendamm.
Rudolf focused mainly still lifes, landscapes and cityscapes that he created.
Rudolf Austen had a significant number of solo exhibition that he participated in at home and abroad.