Franz Rosei (born 2 July 1947 in Vienna) is an Austrian sculptor and draughtsman. His brother is the writer Peter Rosei.
Biography
After completing high school in 1966, Franz Rosei started to work on wooden and gypsum sculptures. After a short stay at the University of Applied Arts of Vienna (Universität für angewandte Kunst – " die Angewandte "), where he followed lessons with Prof. Leinfellner, he worked independently again. He produced a few sculptures with the concrete casting technique. As from 1970 he worked primarily with stone (marble, limestone, sandstone) and with some drawings (pencil, charcoal, watercolor). In 1985 Rosei began working in bronze.
The works of Franz Rosei have been displayed for over 30 years in many exhibitions in Austria and abroad (Germany, United States, Italy, France and Switzerland).
Rosei's main topic is a vision on this life and world, and the wish to bring onto shape the outcome of such observation and such thinking.
Exhibitions
Individual exhibitions (selection) Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1976 Galerie Schapira & Beck, Vienna, 1977 Galerie Orny, Munich, 1978 Künstlerhaus, Salzburg, 1979 Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, 1979 In the context of the "Sonderschau Österreich", 1980 During the "Kunstmesse Basel" in the context of the "Biennale des Jeunes", Paris, 1980 Künstlerhaus, Vienna, 1980 Galerie Droschl, Graz, 1981 Galerie Welz, Salzburg, 1982 Galerie Würthle, Vienna, 1983 Museum moderner Kunst/Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1984 Galerie Lendl, Graz, 1989 Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1989 Salzburger Landessammlungen Rupertinum, Salzburg, 1990 Ulysses Gallery, New York, 1991 Galerie im Taxispalais, Innsbruck, 1994 Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 1995 Kulturhaus Graz, 2000 Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 2001 Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2001 Künstlerhaus, Klagenfurt, 2003 Galerie Arthouse, Bregenz, 2004 Galerie Ulysses, Vienna, 2007
Participation to exhibitions (selection)
" Steinzeit ", Tiroler Kunstpavillon, Innsbruck, 1986
Museum moderner Kunst/Museum des 20. Jahrhunderts, Vienna, 1987
" Wien – Vienna 1960–1990 ", Museum Moderner Kunst, Bolzano, 1989
" Wien – Vienna 1960–1990 ", Palazzo della Permanente, Milan, 1990
" Ursprung und Moderne ", Neue Galerie der Stadt Linz, Linz, 1990
" La figura interiore ", Pordenone, 1991
" Wotruba und die Folgen ", Museum Würth und BAWAG Foundation, Vienna, 1994
" Skulpturengarten ", Galerie Poller, Frankfurt, 1996
" Des Eisbergs Spitze ", Kunsthalle Wien, Vienna, 1998
" Ein gemeinsamer Ort. Skulpturen, Plastiken, Objekte ", Lentos Museum Linz, 2006 " Albrecht und Zeitgenossen, Positionen österreichischer Bildhauerei seit 1945 ", Künstlerhaus Bregenz, 2007
Works presented at official exhibitions
Graphische Sammlung Albertina, Vienna
Bundesministerium für Unterricht und Kunst (Artothek Wien) Salzburger Landessammlung Rupertinum, Salzburg Kulturamt der Stadt Wien Kulturamt der Stadt Linz Amt der niederösterreichischen Landesregierung Museum moderner Kunst, Vienna Lentos Kunstmuseum, Linz Wien Museum
Publications
Franz Rosei / Ernst Nowak, Steine / Felder, Gemini-Verlag, Berlin, 2003, 65 pp., Peter Rosei (texts) and Franz Rosei (drawings), Entwurf für eine Welt ohne Menschen, Entwurf zu einer Reise ohne Ziel, Residenz Verlag, Salzburg, 1975, 164 pp., Peter Rosei and Franz Rosei, Ich glaube… in: Katalog Schapira & Beck, Vienna 1977 Peter Rosei and Franz Rosei, Von der Arbeit…, in: Katalog Künstlerhaus Salzburg und Künstlerhaus Klagenfurt, 1979