Maria Elisabeth Prigge | Koenigshof Collection

“Visons and Beliefs” special limited edition | etching aquatint and carborundum | signed (guest room) | original woodcut on linen (floor)

In the early days of her artistic career, Maria Elisabeth Prigge began with watercolours of landscapes and became known for her exquisite prints. The intense perception and reproduction of what she experiences in nature remains a central theme of her oeuvre.

However, her approach and depiction changed fundamentally over the years. Maria Elisabeth Prigge has always been a great traveler. She is inspired by the barren landscapes of Iceland. She translates her increasingly reduced sign language into site-specific installations on the Canary Island of Fuerteventura on large wall surfaces, in direct contact with the surroundings. In Lapland, Sweden, she “paints” her lines directly into the ground with birchwood in the spirit of Land Art.

The Koenigshof Collection includes an etching by Maria E. Prigge with aquatint and carborundum, which creates a particularly deep black, from the Visions and Beliefs series. Woodcuts on canvas in the corridors of the Hotel Koenigshof bring us closer to the nature of Iceland with its impressive black and white contrasts.

Eva Mueller | Art Consultant
Curator of the Koenigshof Collection

VITA MARIA ELISABETH PRIGGE (short form)

Maria Elisabeth Prigge was born in Bischofshofen, Austria 1949 | 1978 work as a freelance artist | 1980 set up an etching workshop in Salzburg | 1982-83 work stays in Provence, France | 1984-86 teaching assignment for etching at Salzburg College | since 1987 studio on Fuerteventura, Canary Islands | 1990 member of the board of the Salzburger Kunstverein | 1993 vice president of the Salzburger Kunstverein | 1995, 1996 and 1999 guest lecturer in etching at the European Academy of Art in Trier | 1997-99 lecturer in painting at the Salzburg International Summer Academy on La Gomera, Spain | 2003 lecturer in experimental graphics at the Salzburg International Summer Academy, Austria | 2007 died in Salzburg, Austria

AWARDS AND EXHIBITIONS (selection)

1991 Guest studio of the City of Frankfurt/Main | 1992 Scholarship of the Province of Salzburg in Paris, France | 1992 Study visit to Ireland | 1997 Artist in Residence at the Sraumur Art Commune, Hafnarfjördur, Iceland | 1998 Artist in Residence of the Emma Ricklund Foundation, Sweden in Lapland | 2000 Slavi-Souceck-Prize for Graphics of the Province of Salzburg, Austria