Matthias Laurenz Gräff
Matthias Laurenz Gräff in 2016
Born (1984-07-19) 19 July 1984
Horn, Lower Austria
Known forpainting, drawing
Notable workpolitical paintings
MovementExpressionism, Expressive Realism, Modern art, Pop art
AwardsAdolf Peschek public Award (City museum of St. Pölten, 2014)
WebsiteOfficial website

Matthias Laurenz Gräff (also known as Matthias Laurenz Gräff Ilpenstein;[1][2] born 19 July 1984) is an Austrian academic painter, private historian, politician, political activist and co-organizer of the non-partisan political and diplomatic platform Dialog im Kamptal. Since 2013 he acted as chairman of the worldwide Family Association Gräff-Graeff.

Biography

Family

"Matthias Laurenz Gräff in holländischer Tracht"[3] (Matthias Laurenz Gräff in traditional dutch costume), chairman of the Family Association Gräff-Graeff as sort of an official painting by Helmuth Gräff (2007)
Matthias Laurenz Gräff and Karl von Habsburg - head of the Habsburg-Lorraine family, the former Roman-German and Austrian imperial families - in front of Graeff's coat of arms[3] (2022)

Matthias Laurenz Gräff was born into an Austrian family of several politics and artists. He is the child of Helmuth Gräff, an academic painter, and Martina Maria Gräff (née Gach),[4] art professor, daughter of the architect Richard Gach. His paternal ancestors were politically active and religious free thinkers with their own coat of arms.[3] which belonged to an extramarital branch of the (De) Graeff family. In 2013 Gräff became chairman of the worldwide Family Association Gräff-Graeff (Familienverband Gräff-Graeff e.V.).[5] Since 2010, Gräff has been in a civil partnership with Greek-born Georgia Kazantzidu,[4] a Webster Vienna Private University graduate, local SPÖ politician and journalist, with whom he runs various joint projects.[6] Gräff is Philhellene[4] and the couple live in Gars am Kamp, Austria and Platamon, Greece.

Art

Artist meeting with Don Airey of Deep Purple. Matthias Laurenz Gräff, Don Airey and Georgia Kazantzidu

At the age of 17 Matthias Laurenz Gräff began to study illustration and graphic at the private New Design University St. Pölten,[7] and in the following years he took part at the summer academy of Geras of Bernhard Hollemann.[8] From 2002 to 2008 he studied at Wolfgang Herzig's masterclass of painting at the University of Applied Arts Vienna.[4][9] In his work he combines a certain expressionism influenced by pop art with the expression of different genres: historical, political, religious works, urban or rural landscapes, nudes, flower pieces, portraits, interieurs and stilllifes including painting of vanities.[10][4][11][12]

In 2010, at the 64th annual fair of St Pöltens Künstlerbund (Art union), he received the "Adolf Peschek Preis" (Adolf Peschek Public Award) in the Museum of the City of St. Pölten.[4][13] Two years later Gräff created the painting for the vine etiquette of the Red Cross in Lower Austria.[4][14] In 2013, upon the occasion of the celebration of the sister city of his hometown Gars am Kamp, Gars am Inn in Germany, he created the official twin city painting.[15][16][4] In 2014, Gräff was commissioned to create three paintings for the vine etiquettes "Garser Wein 2014".[17] A local businessman boycott the publishing of the etiquettes about the illustration of a half naked woman, and this led to a little media scandal in Austria.[18][19][20][4] Two years later, Gräff again received from the mayor's bureau of Gars am Kamp a contract to create three paintings for the vine etiquettes "Garser Wein 2016" (10 years Garser Wein).[21][22][4]

In his paintings, Gräff also deals with literary themes, including the implementation of the content of the author Erich Maria Remarque. He participated in large memorial exhibitions in the Erich Maria Remarque Peace Center in Osnabrück.[23][24][25][26] The museum also features paintings by Gräff.[27][28][29][30][31][32] His painting “Der Weg zurück” serves as the book cover of “Das Wunderbare, die Idylle und der Krieg: Aufsätze zu Erich Maria Remarque und zur Lyrik des Ersten Weltkriegs”, published by the University of Osnabrück / Erich Maria Remarque Peace Center Osnabrück.[33]

Historical paintings

Matthias Laurenz Gräff is also active in history painting. His diploma series (Magister artium) from 2007/2008 entitled Weltaussenschau-Weltinnenschau shows a seven-part series of paintings with depictions of historical figures and numerous protagonists of the De Graeff family, mostly from the Dutch Golden Age.[34] In the years that followed, Gräff painted historical characters and circumstances. Various of these paintings have also been used in essays by historians, including Asle Toje, member of the Norwegian Nobel Committee,[35] and german university professor Ronald G. Asch.[36] In a commissioned work for the Lions Club, Gräff drew portraits of 20th-century pacifists on a life-size lion. It thus serves as a carrier of a humanistic, socially just and ethical attitude.[37]

Politics

Art and politics

Matthias Laurenz Gräff has been working on contemporary images of political and social criticism since 2015,[4] which have been published several times in newspapers, blogs and books on national and international politics.[38][39] Important topics are anti-fascism, socialism, anti-nationalist and pro-European,[39] Gräff deals with national and global issues and personalities. He also deals with socio-political issues and critical processes in Austrian society and politics. In relation of the 2019 European Parliament election, Gräff created a pro-European painting in collaboration with the Austrian party NEOS.[40] The Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum (University of Osnabrück) wrote about Gräff: He consistently represents humanistic, anti-nationalist and pro-European positions both in his art and in various exchange and discussion programs organized by him.[39]

Dialog im Kamptal

Georg Vetter, Matthias Laurenz Gräff, Georgia Kazantzidu, Karin Kneissl and Michael Breisky (Dialog im Kamptal, 2020)

Matthias Laurenz Gräff and Georgia Kazantzidu organizes the non-partisan political and diplomatic platform Dialog im Kamptal (Dialogue in Kamptal) in the art studio Gräff - house Kazantzidu in Gars am Kamp. The events aim to inform, exchange and dialogue on relevant political, diplomatic and social issues.[6] Erhard Busek, Wolfgang Brandstetter, Karin Kneissl, Hannes Swoboda, Emil Brix, Wolfgang Petritsch, Karl von Habsburg among other, took part in the events.[41][42]

Politician

Matthias Laurenz Gräff has been politically active as a community representative in Gars am Kamp for the liberal NEOS party since 2022.[43] He is also a candidate for the Lower Austrian state elections in 2023,[44] and here as a candidate for the Waldviertel region[45] and as a top candidate for the Horn district.[46][47]

Artistic summary

Exhibitions (selection)

  • 2023, „Networking Remarque“, Erich Maria Remarque Friedenszentrum Osnabrück[23]
  • 2023, „Ein Geschenk für Remarque“, Erich Maria Remarque Friedenszentrum Osnabrück[23]
  • 2020, "Weltweit Worldwide Remarque", Erich Maria Remarque Friedenszentrum Osnabrück[29]
  • "Deep Purple - Art and History - The exhibition". Celebrating 50 years of Deep Purple, Kunsthalle Köln-Lindenthal/Ger[48]
  • Gräff organized artist meetings with Nick Simper and Don Airey, musicians of Deep Purple in Vienna[49][50]
  • in 2017 he organized a charity campaign in favor of Polyneuropathy at WUK Vienna/AT ("Benefizausstellung zugunsten Polyneuropathie")[51]
  • "Garser Wein 2016", 10 years Garser wine at "Weinfest '16", Gars am Kamp[52]
  • "Der Anreiz des Seins, Allegorie - Stillleben - Landschaft", Kunst im Waldviertel, Kunst & Seminarhotel Geras/AT[53]
  • "Liebreizendes Griechenland", KunstSalon im Wiener Botschaftsviertel, Vienna/AT[54]
  • "Matthias Laurenz Gräff und Helmuth Gräff", Galerie Daliko, Krems an der Donau/AT[55][56]
  • Steirerschlössl Zeltweg, Red Bull Project Spielberg/AT[57][58]
  • Cityhall Korneuburg/AT
  • Erstes österreichisches Museum für Alltagsgeschichte, Neupölla/AT[59][60]
  • Red Cross Lower Austria, Tulln an der Donau/AT
  • Gaming Charterhouse/AT[61]
  • Siemens AG Headquarter, Linz/AT[62]
  • St. Pöltner Künstlerbund, Museum of the City of St. Pölten/AT
  • Galerie Austria/AT[63]
  • Advent im Wiener Rathaus 2008 and ORF (Austrian broadcaster), Vienna/AT
  • Diplom exhibition 2008, University of Applied Arts, Vienna/AT
  • Kunsthalle Wien-Karlsplatz project space, Vienna/AT[61]

Collections (selection)

Family Association Gräff-Graeff

Family Association Gräff-Graeff
Formation2013
TypeFamily association
Membership
Gräff, Graeff, De Graeff family lines
Chairman
Matthias Laurenz Gräff
Vice Chairman
Rudolf Gräff jr
Main organ
General assembly
Websitefamilienverbandgraeff.at
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In 2013 Matthias Laurenz Gräff became co-founder and chairman of the worldwide Family Association Gräff-Graeff (German: Familienverband Gräff-Graeff e.V.), an organization for descendants of the (De) Graeff families, including the Dutch De Graeff line, alleged descendants of Austrian noble Wolfgang von Graben († 1521) from the dynastic Von Graben family. It was created in 2013 and officially registered in Austria.[64]

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  2. ↑ Deutsche Fotothek (ger)
  3. 1 2 3 Magazin "Schaufenster" der Kultur.Region Niederösterreich, Ausgabe I, 2022: "Eine Familien-Ausstellung" p 12-15; p 14 (in German)
  4. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 POETS Radio. Irene Gavala, Exclusive interview | Matthias Laurenz Graeff | Ζωγραφίζοντας., 2018 (Greek)
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  29. 1 2 www.meinbezirk.at, "Weltweit Worldwide Remarque" in Osnabrück (De) mit Künstler Matthias Laurenz Gräff
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  35. ↑ www.globalaffairs.ru Asle Toje: ГОРА АФОН: УТЁС В ПОТОКЕ ВРЕМЕНИ (2019)
  36. ↑ Corrigenda: Ronald G. Asch, Dreißigjähriger Krieg. Als Katholiken und Protestanten lernten, nebeneinander zu leben
  37. ↑ Niederösterreich 3D, Denkmäler, Profane Kunst
  38. ↑ "Homepage". Matthias Laurenz Gräff, Politik - political paintings & activism. Archived from the original on 2019-01-15. Retrieved 2019-01-14.
  39. 1 2 3 Universität Osnabrück, Erich Maria Remarque-Friedenszentrum (niem., ang.)
  40. ↑ Austrian newspaper article: NÖN, Gräff-Atelier empfängt zu „Europa-Dialog“ im Kamptal
  41. ↑ Dialog im Kamptal (ger)
  42. ↑ Donau Universität Krems (ger)
  43. ↑ NEOS, Niederösterreich, Gars am Kamp (in German)
  44. ↑ Newspaper article NÖN. "Mitgliederversammlung. Indra Collini führt NEOS wieder als Spitzenkandidatin in Landtagswahl" (in German)
  45. ↑ Newspaper article NÖN Horn. Interview mit Gräff: „Mensch muss im Mittelpunkt stehen!“ (in German)
  46. ↑ Newspaper article Bezirksblätter Horn. NEOS fixieren Wahlkreislistenersten für Horn (in German)
  47. ↑ Newspaper article NÖN Horn. Auch pinke Liste im Bezirk Horn ist jetzt fix (in German)
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  49. ↑ Bezirksblätter www.meinbezirk.at, Künstlertreffen mit Deep Purple (ger)
  50. ↑ POETS Radio. Irene Gavala, Exclusive interview | Matthias Laurenz Graeff | Ζωγραφίζοντας., 2018 (grec)
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  59. ↑ Newspaper article: NÖN: "Kunst kommt zu den Leuten"; Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  60. ↑ The land of Lower Austria - Das Land Niederösterreich. Pressedienst. Niederösterreichische Landeskorrespondenz. Ausstellungen, Museen, Kunst im öffentlichen Raum Archived 2019-01-20 at the Wayback Machine accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  61. 1 2 Univ-Doz Dr. Friedrich Polleross: Gemälde von Matthias Laurenz Gräff im Museum in Neupölla. In: Das Waldviertel, herausgegeben vom Waldviertler Heimatbund, p. 213; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  62. ↑ Newspaper article: NÖN, "Gräff-Schüler" treten stark auf Archived 2015-01-01 at the Wayback Machine, noen.at; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  63. ↑ vernisssage art magacine Archived 2010-04-01 at the Wayback Machine, vernissage.brod.at; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  64. ↑ www.gars.at Familienverband Gräff-Graeff e. V.

Literature (selection)

  • Mag. Sabrina Redhead, Ausstellungskatalog Kunst im Murtal" 2014, "Kunst - Tradition und Aufbruch" 2014, Ausstellung im Steirerschlössl Zeltweg, Red Bull Projekt Spielberg; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  • Univ-Doz Dr. Friedrich Polleross: Gemälde von Matthias Laurenz Gräff im Museum in Neupölla. In: Das Waldviertel, herausgegeben vom Waldviertler Heimatbund[1]
  • Helmuth Gräff, "Zwischen den Welten", Verlag Bibliothek der Provinz, pp. 134–35, 2008; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  • Universität für Angewandte Kunst, Diplome Sommersemester 2007/08; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  • "Parasite | Paradise", Interventionen zeitgenössischer Kunst auf Burg Forchtenstein, pp. 78–79; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
  • Vision magacine of China VISION Magacine, March 2006, "Metempsychosis of Art", p. 108/111; (Chinese)
  • Matthias Laurenz Gräff. Allegorie-Stillleben-Landschaft; accessed 7 August 2015. (in German)
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