Karl Plattner (February 13, 1919 in

Mals Mals (; it, Malles Venosta ) is a ''comune'' (municipality) in South Tyrol in northern Italy, located about northwest of Bolzano, on the border with Switzerland and Austria. History Coat-of-arms The emblem is party per fess: the upper of gul ...

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– December 8, 1986 in

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, Italy) was a Southtyrolian Painter.

Biography

Plattner was born in 1919 as one of ten children in the Obervinschgau. After he left school, he apprenticed as a painter, first in Mals and later in

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. There, he became acquainted with Sebastian Fasal, Professor of the

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, where he studied

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painting Painting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a solid surface (called the "matrix" or "support"). The medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush, but other implements, such as knives, sponges, and ai ...

. During Second World War he was a soldier in the German

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and was put into an American prisoner-of-war camp by Livorno. After his captivity he continue his studies in

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, Milan and

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. At this time, he received the first public contracts in

South Tyrol it, Provincia Autonoma di Bolzano – Alto Adige lld, Provinzia Autonoma de Balsan/Bulsan – Südtirol , settlement_type = Autonomous area, Autonomous Provinces of Italy, province , image_skyline = ...

for fresco paintings. In 1952 he and his wife moved to

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and exhibited his works in

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and

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. He also received important contracts in Brazil. In 1956 he became acquainted with

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. With him he realized the artistic representation of the box vestibule in the new Great Festival Hall of

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. In 1961 he moved to

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and Cipières in Southern France. From 1963 to 1978 he lived in Milan.

Works

* 1951 - ''Pietà'' * 1954 - Big mural in the conference hall of the South Tyrolean

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in Bolzano * 1965 - ''Nächtliches Zwiegespräch'' * 1967 - ''Vietnam'' * 1971 - ''Fra due finestre''

External links

Silvia Höller: Karl Plattner (1919-1986) (German)

Kunst im Südtiroler Landtag (German)
{{DEFAULTSORT:Plattner, Karl 20th-century Italian painters Italian male painters 1919 births 1986 deaths Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni People from Mals Germanophone Italian people 20th-century Italian male artists