Biography 1931-1996

The School of   Baia Mare

Walter Friedrich has been shaped and perfected as artist at the School of Baia Mare (Nagybanya), where in 1899 the third Free Painting School in Europe was founded under the guidance of the famous painters Hallasy Simon, Reti Istvan, Ferenczy Karoly, Thorma Ianos, Ivanyi-Grunvwald Bela.

This school was of a great significance for the European painting at the beginning of the 20th century, promoting the "plein air" style.

In time, this free picture School gave birth to a Painters’ community still living today and where the distinctive style of the forerunners can be noticed as a guiding line.

The artist’s graphics belong to dramatic expressionism and the painting follows basically the expressionism – post impressionist.

Artistic Career

Born: July 13, 1931, Ludush, county of Mures (Transylvania), Romania

Studies:
General Culture (Lutheran) Highschool Targu Mures
Institute of Plastic Arts “Nicolae Grigorescu”, Bucharest (1952-1953)
Institute of Plastic Arts “Ion Andreescu”, Cluj-Napoca (1953-1957)
practicing under the guidance of the famous painter Prof. Miklossy Gabor
Definitive member of  U.A.P. (Plastic Artists’ Union) Romania from 1962.

National Expositions

Debut Exhibition – Timisoara (1958)
Exhibition of graphics Dalles Hall – Bucharest (1958)
National Exhibition of Plastic Arts – Bucharest (1959)
Annual Exhibition of graphics – Bucharest (1960)
Exhibition with works chosen from annual graphics – Bucharest (1960)
Republic’s graphics Showroom – Bucharest (1960)
Drawing and carving Exhibition in the Art Museum of Romania –  Bucharest (1961)
Militant carvings Exhibition “Culture Park of  Bucharest” (1961)
Militant graphics retrospective Exhibition (1961)
Young artists’ Exhibition– Bucharest (1963)
National Exhibition of Plastic Arts – Bucharest (1964)
Annual Exhibition of graphics – Bucharest (1964)
Exhibition of drawing and carving, Dalles Hall – Bucharest (1966)
National Exposition of Plastic Arts – Bucharest(1966)
Itinerant National Exhibition of Plastic Arts – in all the important cities in Romania (1967)
Exhibition National Drawing and Carving Hall – Bucharest (1968)
Exhibition National Drawing and Carving Hall – Bucharest (1969)
Exhibition National Drawing and Carving Hall – Bucharest (1970)
Exhibition “Artistic Presence at Baia-Mare between 1896-1971” – Baia-Mare (1971)
Exhibition organized at the inauguration of Targu Secuiesc Museum din (1972)
Plastic Arts Exhibition of all artists from Maramures county in Brasov (1972)
Exhibition National Drawing and Carving Hall – Bucharest (1973)
Exhibition “Graphics Hall of Brasov” (1977)
Exhibition National Drawing and Carving Hall – Bucharest (1978)
Exhibition National Graphics Hall – Bucharest (1980)
Drawing and carving Exhibition Dalles Hall – Bucharest (1981)

All county’s exhibitions between 1963 – 1995

International Exhibitions

International Exhibition at International Youth Festival – Vienna, Austria (1961)
International Exhibition Havana, Cuba (1962)
International Exhibition Warsaw and Krakow, Poland (1968)
International Exhibition Helsinki, Finland
International Exhibition Stockholm and Goteborg, Suedia
International Exhibition Lodz, Poland (1970)
International Exhibition of Plastic Artists from Maramures in town of Ivano-Frankovsk, Ukraine (1977-1978)
International Exhibition of Plastic Artists from Maramures in town of Gyula, Hungary (1982)
International Exhibition Art Gallery “Varmegye”, Budapest (1996) -Post Mortem-
International Exhibition Miklossy Gabor, Vienna – Budapest (2000) -Post Mortem-

Works and publications

Works mentioned, referred or Published
Militant Romanian Graphics Album
Lupeni Album 1929-1959
Anthology of Romanian Poetry (Ed. Didactica)
Contemporary Romanian Plastic Artists Dictionary (Ed. Meridiane 1976)
Six decades of Romanian militant plastic art (Ed. Dacia)
Notes from Maramures and Satu Mare – Beke Gyorgy (Ed. Kriterion, 1983)
Erdely Magyar Muveszet a XX Szazadban – Banner Zoltan (Kepzomuveszeti Kiado – Budapest 1990)
Monograph of Maramures district (1970)
“Arta Plastica” Magazine, Romania
Journals “Het”, “Utunk”, “Romania Libera”, “Uj Magyarorszag”
And many others…

Awards

Awards on the Exposition at International Youth Festival – Vienna, Austria (1961)
Medal for Cultural Excellence 1st class
Degree for Cultural Excellence 3rd class

Works in the world’s   Museums

Art Museum of Romania
Art Museum of Szalnok – Ungaria
Art Museum of Maramures district
Art Museum of Deva
Art Museum of Targu Secuiesc
Art Museum of Targu Mures
Art Museum, Canada
Art Museum, Germany

Works in private collections in Romania, Hungary, Germany, Austria, Poland, UK, Canada, USA, Israel, Australia, Venezuela.