Wolfgang Hollegha

Wolfgang Hollegha (4 March 1929 – 2 December 2023) was an Austrian painter.

Biography
Wolfgang Hollegha was born in Klagenfurt, Carinthia. From 1947 to 1954 he studied at the Akademie der bildenden Künste in Vienna with Josef Dobrovský and Herbert Boeckl. In 1956, together with Josef Mikl, Markus Prachensky and Arnulf Rainer, he formed the "Malergruppe St. Stephan". In 1960 he was invited by Clement Greenberg to participate in New York in a group exhibition of abstract painters. In 1964 he participated in the third Documenta in Kassel. From 1962 onwards, he lived and worked in Rechberg, Styria, where he built for himself a 14-metre-high studio tower. He became a professor at the Vienna Art Academy in 1972 and remained in this position until his retirement in 1997.

Hollegha died on 2 December 2023, at the age of 94.

Work
Wolfgang Hollegha was considered the leading abstract painter in Austria. His works can be found in many private collections as well as museums around the world (e.g. Albertina, Vienna; Museum Moderne Kunst Stiftung Ludwig, Vienna; Museum of Art, Portland, Oregon; Carnegie Museum of Art, Pittsburgh).