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Martha Jungwirth

Text by John Yau

Catalogue

ABOUT THE ARTIST

Born in Vienna in 1940, Martha Jungwirth rose to distinction early in her artistic career: she received the Monsignor-Otto-Mauer Prize in 1961, followed by a volley of awards such as the Theodor Körner Prize (1964) and the Joan Miró Prize, Barcelona (1966). Jungwirth’s characteristic painting style is widely regarded as one of the most innovative of the 1980s Neue Wilde painters in Austria, oscillating between the gesturally abstract and formal composition.

After completing her studies at the Academy of Applied Art Vienna in 1963, Jungwirth went on to become the only woman in the artists’ group Wirklichkeiten (Realities), among five male colleagues; it was brought together in 1968 by Otto Breicha, later director of Salzburg’s Rupertinum, as an improvised group for an exhibition at the Vienna Secession. Jungwirth was identified in a review by art historian and museum director Alfred Schmeller with this: “The first crocodile is a female crocodile.” Jungwirth would marry Schmeller a year later, and this union has long been perceived by many as one that made the art world hesitant to embrace Jungwirth.

Despite this hesitation, Jungwirth pursued her practice with a fervor, working with an intuitive and explosive spontaneity. With a deliberative understanding of aesthetic principles, she creates subtle color symphonies with dabs and washes of paint. Receding and advancing, this layering of oil paints and watercolors on packing paper and cardboard, which embodies her dynamic working 

Martha Jungwirth in her studio, 2019; Photo by Christa Kodolitsch
Martha Jungwirth in her studio, 2019; Photo by Christa Kodolitsch

style with a fragility made visible by delicate marks and occasional drips.

Recent solo exhibitions include Martha Jungwirth, Fergus McCaffrey Tokyo, 2020; Martha Jungwirth, Fergus McCaffrey St. Barth, 2019–20; Martha Jungwirth, Fergus McCaffrey New York, 2019; Martha Jungwirth, Albertina Museum Vienna, 2018; Martha Jungwirth: Paintings and Watercolors, Galerie Haas Zürich, 2017; Martha Jungwirth: Paros, Galerie Krinzinger, Vienna, 2016; Martha Jungwirth: Retrospektive, Kunsthalle Krems, 2014; Pädagogisch wertlos, Galerie Cinzia Friedlaender, Berlin, 2013; and Martha Jungwirth, Stadtmuseum Bruneck, 2011. Jungwirth was awarded the Austrian Decoration of Honor for Science and Art in 2012. She currently lives and works in Vienna.

Recording: Art Basel OVR—Discussion & Q&A on Martha Jungwirth

Editorial

Martha Jungwirth’s Defianceby John Yau

Martha Jungwirth (b. 1940) began studying art at the Academy of Applied Arts Vienna in 1956, the year…
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マーサ・ユングヴィルトの反逆ジョーン・ヤウ

マーサ・ユングヴィルト(1940年生まれ)は1956 年、ジャクソン・ポロックが自動車事故で命を落とした年にウィーン美術アカデミーでアートを学び始める。
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玛尔塔·荣威尔特的反抗姚强 著

玛尔塔·荣威尔特 出生于1940年。从1956年起,她开始在维也纳艺术学院学习艺术,而这一年,杰克逊·波洛克在一场车祸中去世。
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Martha Jungwirth at Fergus McCaffrey

Gallery

Untitled (Bride of the Wind) 1984 RESERVED
Untitled (Bride of the Wind) 1984 RESERVED
Untitled (Bride of the Wind) 1983 $80,000
Untitled (Bride of the Wind) 1983 $80,000
Untitled (Cambodia) 2005 SOLD
Untitled (Cambodia) 2005 SOLD
JUN-0016 Untitled (Cambodia) 2005 SOLD
Untitled (Cambodia) 2005 SOLD
Untitled 2017 SOLD
Untitled 2017 SOLD
Untitled 2017 SOLD
Untitled 2017 SOLD
Untitled 2017 SOLD
Untitled 2017 SOLD
Naxos (from the series 'Cyclades') 1995 SOLD
Naxos (from the series ‘Cyclades’) 1995 SOLD
Paros (from the series Cyclades) 1995 $10,000
Paros (from the series Cyclades) 1995 $10,000
Paros (from the series Cyclades) 1995 $18,000
Paros (from the series Cyclades) 1995 $18,000
Head 2019 $30,000
Head 2019 $30,000
Untitled 2019 SOLD
Untitled 2019 SOLD
Untitled 2019 RESERVED
Untitled 2019 RESERVED
Untitled 2019 $40,000
Untitled 2019 $40,000
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