Heinz Anger

Heinz Anger (pronounced [ˈaŋɡɐ]; born 23 July 1941 in Karlstetten, Lower Austria) is an Austrian painter of landscapes, portraits, still lifes and figurative compositions.
Anger’s work is noted for its impressionistic atmosphere, his use of light and bold application of colours.

From 1945 Heinz attended elementary and primary school in Favoriten, a district of Vienna, Austria. In 1955 he started studying at the Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt (“Die Graphische”), the college for graphics and media in Vienna. His teachers included Professor Karl Zecho (1896–1965) and Rudolf Reinkenhof (1905–1980).

From 1959 he studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna where he worked with Professor Sergius Pauser (1896–1970). In 1960 he joined the class of Albert Paris Gütersloh (1887–1973).

After leaving academy he launched a career as a graphic artist and then freelance illustrator working for leading marketing agencies.

In 1962 Anger was commissioned to paint a portrait of Viennese soprano Leonie Rysanek.

In search of his own artistic expression he was influenced by different movements during the following years; his 1960s’ paintings reflected the spirit of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. From 1970 he created a range of panels and drawings in a kind of Austrian Pop Art, oriented on the works of Richard Lindner and Hans Bellmer; they were shown in an exhibition in Galleria Viotti in Turin, Italy in 1976.