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Born in Vienna in 1895, Strasser was greatly influenced during his childhood by his father, painter and sculptor Arthur Strasser, and first developed his artistic skills in his father’s studio. He attended the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts between 1911 and 1915 under Rudolf Jettmar and Julius Schmidt, specializing in drawing, painting and sculpture, and also studied at the Academy of Munich. Strasser took a trip to Indonesia in 1920, traveling through Siam, Java, New Guinea, China, India, Mongolia, Tibet, Japan and North Africa. He returned to Bali in 1934 to live and paint in his studio in the cold mountainous area of Kintaman, just above Lake Batur, for ten years. There he produced numerous portraits and landscapes of the surrounding community and scenery. Strasser left Bali in 1944 and died in Santa Monica, California, in 1974. His works are part of many important public collections, such as: Heeres Museum, Vienna; Moderne Gallerie, Innsbruck; Volksraads Gebovw, Batavia; Academie der Kunste, Berlin; Museum Urga, Academy of Art, Honolulu; ARMA, Ubud; National Gallery of New South Wales, Sydney; UCLA Art Gallery, Los Angeles; Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener; and the Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto. |
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Born born 1895 Vienna, Austria died 1974 Santa Monica, California Education Trained and worked in his father's studio, Professor Arthur Strasser, painter sculptor, Chevalier Legion of Honour (1854-1927). Attended Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna as a pupil of Rudolf Jettmar and Julius Schmidt, specializing in drawing, painting and sculpture. Public Collections Heeres Museum, Vienna Moderne Gallerie, Innsbruck Volksraads Gebovw, Batavia Academie der Kunste, Berlin Museum, Urga Academy of Art, Honolulu National Gallery of N.S.W., Sydney UCLA Art Gallery, Los Angeles Kitchener-Waterloo Gallery, Kitchener Art Gallery of Ontario, Toronto Selected Solo Exhibitions 1922 Batavia, Java 1924 Peking, China 1924 London, UK 1926 Edinburgh, Scotland 1927 Berlin and Munich, Germany 1928 London, UK 1928 Paris, France 1928 Berlin, Germany 1931 Batavia, Java 1933 New York, US 1933 Honolulu, Hawaii 1934 London, UK 1934 Paris, France 1947 Sydney, Australia 1951 Sydney, Australia 1953 Los Angeles, California 1954 Laguna Beach, California |
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