Ingrid Knaus

Artist Statement:

Commencement with oil painting: 1979; my first own paintings were miniatures, which I now call 'romantic landscapes in expressionistic colors and later on I painted romantic places in expressive colors.

Education:

Studies: 1988 to 1993: German philology, Italian (until 1990), art history at the Karl-Franzens-Universität in Graz; graduation 1993 for the work 'Rudolf Stibill. Live and Work';
1993 – 1997: Doctorate for the work 'The Character of the Grandfather in the Contemporary Austrian Literature';
having realized more than hundred of exhibitions I live and paint in Graz, Austria;

Awards & Distinctions:

Gran Premio Lorenzo Il Magnifico from Accademia Culturale il Marzocco, Florence, Italy, February 2019; Magnifique Trofée, from Accademia Culturale il Marzocco, March, 2018; La Palma delle Arti Visive e della Poesia Contemporanea, Accademia Culturale Il Marzocco, Firenze, decembre 2017, Art Director Carolina Mazzetti; La Fiamma dell'Arte, from Accademia int. Gent. Il Marzocco, Firenze;“Contributo Espresso nel Mondo dell'Arte", 2016; “Memoria, Ragione e Fede", Premio, 2015; Speciale: categoria Creatività, 2015; Nature-Art-Design, 2015; Pace-Progresso-Umanità, 2015; Georges de La Tour, 2013; J. Simeon Chardin, 2012; A. Dürer, 2012;

Exhibitions:

having realized more than hundred of exhibitions and a lot of sales to private an public collectors I live and paint in Graz, Austria; in April and May 2019 I participated at the international exhibition 'Arte é Scienza', at Galleria Centro Storico, Via del Porcellana, in Florence, Italy;

Artistic Influences:

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