Oswald Kollreider (1922 - 2017)

Oswald Kollreider

Oswald Kollreider is an Austrian painter. After completing his compulsory education, he apprenticed as a painter in Sillian. In 1940, he was drafted into the Wehrmacht and was severely wounded on the Eastern Front in 1943, losing two fingers on his right hand. Despite his disability, Kollreider passed the entrance exam for the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1944. He furthered his studies at the Mal- und Zeichenschule Toni Kirchmayr in Innsbruck and later at the Vienna Academy. Kollreider's works encompass portraits, particularly depicting the working class and rural life, as well as nudes, landscapes, floral paintings, and religious motifs in various mediums. He also created numerous public artworks, notably Sgraffito.