Willy Puchner

Willy Puchner was born on the 15 th March 1952. He is an Austrian photographer, artist, painter and an author. source of picture: wie...

Willy Puchner was born on the 15th March 1952. He is an Austrian photographer, artist, painter and an author.
source of picture: wien.orf.at

Willy Puchner was born and grew up in Mistelbach an der Zaya, Lower Austria, where his parents owned a picture studio.
He moved to the city of Vienna in the year 967 to attent photography classes at the Höhere Graphische Lehr- und Versuchsanstalt
After graduating in the year 1974, Willy Puchner taught photography at the institution for the total of 2 years.
Since the year 1978, Willy Puchner works as a freelance photographer and writer and is based in the city of Vienna. He started his study of philosophy, history and sociology in the year 1983 and finished his studied in the year 1988 with a master’s degree in philosophy.
 Willy Puchner became famous with his project called Penguins – Travelling the World. For the total of four years, he toured with his penguis, Joe and Sally to the site of his and our yearning: to the sea and into the desert, to NY, Sydney and Paris, Honolulu, Venice, Tokyo, Rome and Cairo so as to capture them into the pictures.
Willy Puchner like working with old people, creating the project called Die 90-jährigen, Dialog mit dem Alter, Die 100-jährigen, Lebensgeschichte und Fotografie and Liebe im Alter.
Exhibitions
Ø  Museum Moderner Kunst 1980
Ø  Künstlerhaus 1980
Ø  Museum des 20. Jahrhundert 1982
Ø  Österreichisches Fotomuseum 1984
Ø  Steirischer Herbst, 1992
Ø  On the Road at Home, 2001
Ø  Stopover New York, 2005
Bibliography
Ø  Bäume, 1980,
Ø  Zum Abschied, zur Wiederkehr, 1981.
Ø  Gestaltung mit Licht, Form und Farbe, 1981.
Ø  Bilder österreichischer Städte, 1982.
Ø  Strahlender Untergang, 1982.
Ø  Bilder österreichischer Landschaft, 1983.
Ø  Andalusien, 1983.
Ø  Die Wolken der Wüste, 1983.
Ø  Dorf-Bilder, 1983.
Ø  Zugvögel seit jeher, 1983.
Ø  Das Herz des Himmels, 1985.
Ø  Die Sehnsucht der Pinguine, 1992.
Ø  Ich bin ..., 1997.
Ø  Tagebuch der Natur, 2001.
Ø  Flughafen. Eine eigene Welt, 2003.
Ø  Illustriertes Fernweh. Vom Reisen und nach Hause kommen, 2006.
Ø  Wien. Vergnügen und Melancholie, 2008.
Ø  Willy Puchners Welt der Farben, 2011.
Ø  ABC der fabelhaften Prinzessinnen. Nord-Süd Verlag, Zürich 2013.
Ø  Hans im Glück. Nord-Süd Verlag, Zürich 2014.
English editions
Ø  Joe & Sally: A long way from home, 1993
Ø  Penguins - Traveling the World, 1999
Ø  Vienna. Pleasure and Melancholy, 2008
Ø  The ABC of Fabulous Princesses, 2014.
Awards
Ø  1983 Theodor-Körner-Preis for art
Ø  1988 Theodor-Körner-Preis for social sciences
Ø  2002 Österreichischer Staatspreis für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur for Tagebuch der Natur
Ø  2002 Kinderbuchpreis der Stadt Wien for Tagebuch der Natur
Ø  2011 Kunstmediator 2011
Ø  2012 Österreichischer Staatspreis für Kinder- und Jugendliteratur ‘Willy Puchners Welt der Farben’
Ø  2012 Kinder- und Jugendbuchpreis der Stadt Wien (Illustrationspreis) ‘Willy Puchners Welt der Farben’


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