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OTTO KLAR

 

BORN IN 1980, VIENNA, AUSTRIA

RESIDED IN SA FROM 1939

DIED 1995

 

A painter of landscapes, portraits, figures, religious themes and still life, particularly of flowers. From 1958 to the mid 1960’s painted a number of abstract works.

He studied by  Vienna Academy of Fine Arts in Austria.

He taught Art in Pretoria.  A numbero of his works have been reproduced by E. Schwickerdt, Pretoria.

Otto Klar participated in numerous group exhibitions held throughout Europe and in South Africa;  held several solo exhibitions in SA

1952 Van Riebeeck Tercentenary Exhibition

1960 Quadrennial Exhibition

1962 awarded Honorary Professorship from the President of Austria on the recommendation of the Vienna Academy of Art.

1964 Milan, Italy, solo exhibition

1966 Republic Festival Exhibition.

Represented by: Ann Bryant Gallery, East London; Durban Art Gallery; Pretoria Art Museum; University of the Witwatersrand.