Maximilian CONDULA

b. 1937

Paintings, graphics, graphic design

Maximilian CONDULA in 1971

Brief C.V.

Maximilian Condula was born 1937 in Munich where he studied graphics, later attending the Summer Academy in Salzburg. Until 1967 he was advertising artist and art director of Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm (MBB). Between 1967 and 1968 he visited Spain, France and Italy. In 1968, Maximilian Condula established together with Wolfgang Baum a private Institute for Graphic Design in Munich (Lehrinstitut für Grafische Gestaltung), later to be known as “Akademie U5”, where he lectured in graphic arts.

Maximilian Condula held exhibitions in Germany, Austria (Künstlerhaus Wien – Gruppe 7), Spain (Ibizagrafic-72) and the “St Olaf College Flaten Art Gallery”, Northfields Minn., USA, before travelling to South Africa in October, 1970, to visit family. After his return, he carried on with lecturing at the "Akademie U5" in Munich whose President he became.

Selected Solo Shows

1971 Gallery 101, Johannesburg (22^nd February) (paintings)

Please click on image to see invitation card!

1972 Galerie Zinser – Edition Art + Life – Munich (29^th September – 28^th October) (multiples and graphics)

Three selected works exhibited at Gallery 101 Johannesburg in 1971

Selected Press Reviews

The Star, Johannesburg – 20^th January, 1971, ill. p.2 (“Artist visitor wants to paint the town”)

The Star, Johannesburg – 15^th February, 1971 (“Ready to paint the town”)

Rand Daily Mail, Johannesburg – 24^th February, 1971

The Star, Johannesburg – 2^nd March, 1971

ARTLOOK 55 Johannesburg – June 1971 pp. 46/47 ill. (“The need for colour”)

Further References

http://www.akademie-u5.de/max-condula/

https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Akademie_U5

Author of

„Das unsichtbare Bild: Wahrnehmung & Wirklichkeit“ (Basse & Lechner), 2004 - ISBN-13: 978-3927578340

„U5 40 Jahre Akademie U5 - 40 Jahre Zukunft“ (Stiebner Verlag) (2008) - ISBN-13: 978-3830713623

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