Curriculum (Paul Flora)

Paul Flora was…

1922:
was born in Glurns in the Vinschgau Valley, South Tyrol.

1927:
Relocation to Innsbruck

1942:
In Munich until 1944

1944:
War service in Italy, Hungary, Slovakia

1945:
After a short American captivity back in Innsbruck; in November first exhibition in the rooms of “Zofinga”, Bern

1947:
Exhibition at the Neue Galerie in der Grünangergasse, Vienna; “Herr Huber im wilden Westen” (book)

1948:
Member of the “Art Club

1949:
Exhibition at the Gurlitt Gallery, Munich; begins working on the American daily newspaper for Germany “Neue Zeitung” through the mediation of Werner Scholz

1950:
Participation in the Venice Biennale

1952:
Exhibition at the Museum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck

1953:
First book published by Diogenes Verlag in Zurich, “Flora’s Fauna”.

1955:
“The Musenross” (book)

1956:
Exhibition at the Secession in Vienna
State prize for graphics

1957:
“The Warhorse” Vw by Erich Kästner, “People and Other Animals” (books); began working for the Hamburg weekly “Die Zeit” as a political cartoonist. Exhibition at the Würthle Gallery, Vienna

1958:
Exhibition at the Overbeck Society, Lübeck and at the Este Gallery, New York; “Trauerflora” ,Vw by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (book)

1959:
“Vivat Vamp”, Vw Gregor von Rezzori (book); exhibition at Kunsthalle Bremen and Maison de France Berlin.

1961:
“The Tooth of Time” and “A Castle for an Ornamental Chicken (Books)

1962:
Exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Institute in Paris and at the Kunstkreis Hameln; “Ach du liebe Zeit I” (book)

1963:
Exhibition at the Wilhelm Busch Museum, Hanover; stage design for “Amphytrion” (Kleist) at the Akademietheater in Vienna and for “The King Dies” (Ionesco) at the Deutsches Schauspielhaus in Hamburg

1964:
“Ach du liebe Zeit II”, “Floras Taschenfauna”, “Die Männchen und die Fräuchen” (books); exhibition in the Taxispalais in Innsbruck
1965:
Exhibition at the Wessenberghaus in Constance

1966:
Exhibition at the Austrian Cultural Institute in Warsaw and New York; participation in the Venice Biennale with 50 drawings; “King’s Dramas,” Vw Ernst Schröder (book)

1967:
Stay in New York with Kurt Moldovan

1968:
“Vedute and Figures”, Vw by Friedrich Dürrenmatt (book).

1969:
“The educated garden gnome” and “pastime” (books); exhibition at the Aargauer Kunsthaus in Aarau

1970:
“The rooted Tyroleans and their evil enemies” (book); Diogenes Portfolio (folder).

1971:
“Premiere” and “When the grandfather shot the grandmother” (books); stay in London with Kurt Moldovan; exhibition at Galleria Il Milione in Milan.

1972:
“Auf in den Kampf” and “Der bürgerliche Wüstling”, (books); exhibition at the Suermont Museum in Aachen, at the Kulturhaus Graz and at the Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum in Linz.

1973:
Exhibition in the Lower Rhine open-air museum in Grefrath

1974:
Exhibition at the Folkwang Museum Essen and the Günther Franke Gallery in Munich

1975:
“Hungerburger Elegies” (book)

1976:
Exhibition at the Museé de Grenoble; “The Ravens” (portfolio)

1977:
“Penthouse” and “From (A)uto to (Z)entauren” (books); Splendor and misery of the railroad (portfolio)

1978:
“Adventurer” (portfolio)

1979:
Exhibition at the Museum Nymwegen in Holland; “The pale bosom friend” and “Early drawings” (books); “Fauna” (portfolio)

1980:
“Theater” (portfolio)

1981:
“Futile words” (book)

1982:
“Nocturnos” and “Tiny Works” (books); “Venezia” (portfolio); exhibition at the Kulturhaus Graz and at the Taxispalais in Innsbruck

1983:
“Variations on Wagner,” “Breadless Professions,” and “The Gymnastic Exercises of the Älpler” (books); “Panoptikum” (portfolio); exhibition at the Städt. Museum Freiburg im Breisgau

1985:
Great Cross of Merit of the FRG

1986:
Premio Internazionale Assgio dÁrte Filatelica

1987:
Member of the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts,
“Drawn and Written” (book).

1989:
Until 1991, several films about and by Flora are made for ORF: “Die Raben von San Marco” (Flora), “Floras Fauna” (Flora), “Ein Fischer im Drüben” (Alfred Kubin) and “Ein Abenteurer im Schlafrock” (Paul von Rittinger).

1992:
Major retrospective at the Historical Museum of the City of Vienna; honorary citizen of Glurns

1997:
Major retrospective at the Bavarian Academy of Fine Arts in Munich

1999:
e.o. Plauen – Price

2002:
Retrospective at the Palais Esplanade in Merano and at the Palais Harrach in Vienna; On the occasion of his 80th birthday “A Florilegium” with a detailed text from (A)kademie to (Z)eichner by Karl-Markus Gauss (book);

2004:
Retrospective “From Many Times” with works from 1936-2004

2009:
Paul Flora dies on May 15, 2009

Substitution for Paul Flora: Galerie Seywald (www.paulflora.at)

(The countless exhibitions in private galleries have been omitted for the sake of clarity).