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Lot Essay
Born 1921, in Glojach (Oststeiermark) in Austria, Karl Stark studied at the artschool in Graz with prof. Rudolf Szyszkowitz and later, after four years of military service during WW2, at the Academy of Arts in Vienna with Albert Paris Gtersloh and Herbert Boeckl.
Since 1958, Karl Stark lives in Vienna where he frequently contributes to the art discussion with theoretical writings and articles. In 1980 he founded his own gallery "Galerie Austria".
Influenced by the German and Austrian expressionists, such as Emil Nolde, colour plays a highly important role in Stark's body of work. His still-lives and landscapes clearly manifest how colour and light comes before form in his perception and depiction of the world around him.
Since 1958, Karl Stark lives in Vienna where he frequently contributes to the art discussion with theoretical writings and articles. In 1980 he founded his own gallery "Galerie Austria".
Influenced by the German and Austrian expressionists, such as Emil Nolde, colour plays a highly important role in Stark's body of work. His still-lives and landscapes clearly manifest how colour and light comes before form in his perception and depiction of the world around him.