Franz Brandl, a painter with soul,
unexpectedly died at age 84 on the 27th day of July 2012.
Franz, as they say here, was an "autodidact".
That means he was a self taught artist,
who was never taught how to hold a brush.
Franz was absolutely tireless. His studio was not only a working area,
but also a storage shed of his many works.
He was driven to create.
Sometimes, when he just had finished a painting, he would sit back
and ponder: "Did I just do that?"
With his paintings Franz looked into the future,
but he also examined the present, looking at the duality of
Southern Carinthia's German and Slovenian population.
Besides his many hours working in his studio,
he also fostered and encouraged artists from the neighbouring Slovenia
to exhibit their work in his "private" little exhibition area,
an abandoned brewery.
FRANZ BRANDL
Franz and his wife Sonja.
Franz was a Painter, a Philosopher, and, I am proud to claim,
Franz was my friend.
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