Atelier Franz Politzer

FranzPolitzer Born on May 2, 1950 in Vienna. After graduating from high school, he studied geology for two years, but then turned to studying painting at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. His teacher was Prof. Walter Eckert, in whose master class he worked for five years. Politzer completed his studies in 1975 with a diploma. Since then he has worked as a freelance artist and has had numerous exhibitions at home and abroad (including in Vienna, Linz, Graz, Frankfurt, Cologne, Bonn, Wiesbaden, Koblenz, Hamburg, Munich, Aachen, Bensheim, Maastricht, London and Cambridge). Participation in art fairs in Vienna, Innsbruck, Basel, Frankfurt, Düsseldorf, Washington and Seoul. In 1974, Politzer was awarded the prize of the Federal Capital of Vienna at the Austrian Graphic Art Competition in Innsbruck. In 1992, he was awarded the Rhineland Art Prize in recognition of his overall work and personality. In 1998, he designed illusionistic productions for the Lower Austrian Donaufestival at its venues in Krems and St. Pölten. 2003 Politzer set up the media funnel in the publishing house of the Main-Echo in Aschaffenburg. 2009 Establishment of the Franz Politzer Collection at the district town of Limburg a. d. Lahn with graphic portfolios from the years 1980 to 1991 consisting of a total of 47 etchings and color etchings 2018 Expansion of the collection with twelve oil paintings and five color etchings 2019 After further donations, the collection comprises 77 works. Franz Politzer lives and works in Millstatt