Overview
Photo © Daniela Beranek, Vienna
"A landscape forgives me more, it is easier to control."
Martin Schnur is one of the most important representatives of figurative painting in Austria.
Martin Schnur has become known for his typical picture-in-picture motifs. Two seemingly different pictorial worlds are combined on one canvas. This results in different sceneries - which in today's world is reminiscent of the overlapping of various media - and causes irritation in the viewer solely through the combination of the representation. Perfectly staged in terms of painting, the pictures thus take on the character of a "billboard". Trained as a sculptor, Schnur quickly turned to painting and from then on confronted the question of how light, reflection and mood can be brought onto the two-dimensional support of the canvas with the help of brush and paint alone.
Works
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Hitze #4, 2021 -
ohne Titel, Landschaft #2, 2023
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Transforming Horizon #7, 2019
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In sich selbst - wasserdicht - PUNKTE, 2021
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In sich selbst - Netz, 2021
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Verschobene Zeit, 2020
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Verschobene Zeit #28, 2020
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Distorting Mirror #01, 2023
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Distorting Mirror, 2023
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Distorting Mirror #01, 2023
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Distorting Mirror #04, 2023
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Landschaft #02, 2023
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Landschaft #04, 2023
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Landschaft #07, 2023
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Landschaft #10, 2023
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Landschaft #15, 2023
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Landschaft #16, 2023
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Tümpel , 2023
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Mirrored #3, 2023
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Double reflection #6, 2022
Biography
Photo © Karen Holländer
Martin Schnur lives and works in Vienna
born 1964 in Vorau, Austria
1982-85 School of Arts and Crafts in Graz, Styria
1985-90 Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, Sculpturing at Joannis Avramidis
Works by Martin Schnur are in important international private collections in Germany, Switzerland, Great Britain, Finland, France, Italy, Russia, Japan, Mexico and the USA.
Other important works of his oeuvre can be seen in the following (partly) publicly accessible collections:
Albertina, Vienna · Essl Collection in the Albertina Modern, Vienna · Belvedere, Vienna · Kupferstichkabinett der Akademie der bildenden Künste Vienna · Strabag Kunstsammlung, Vienna - T-Mobile Kunstsammlung, Vienna · Museum der Moderne Salzburg · HangArt-7, RedBull Kunstsammlung, Salzburg · Reznikov Collection, Moscow · Kunstwerk - Sammlung Alison & Peter W. Klein, Eberdingen · Lentos Kunstmuseum Linz · Neue Galerie Graz · Tiroler Landesmuseum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck · Sammlung Angerlehner, Talheim bei Wels · Sammlung Cserni, Fehring · Liaunig Museum, Neuhaus · Museum Benediktinerstift Admont
Press
Exhibitions
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Martin Schnur
18 Sep - 8 Nov 2025 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanOpening: Thursday, September 18, starting at 6 p.m. Martin Schnur (born 1964) is one of Austria's best-known figurative painters. His work is characterized by the “picture-in-picture motif”—the superimposition of different...Read more -
Spring 25
group exhibition 12 Feb - 29 Mar 2025 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanThe group exhibition Spring 25 presents an aesthetically arranged selection of artworks. The exhibited artists include Karen Holländer, Martin Schnur, Liliane Tomasko and Xianwei Zhu. Their works combine different techniques...Read more -
Martin Schnur
Distorting Mirror 8 Mar - 4 May 2024 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaA new series of works by Martin Schnurs is presented under the title 'Distorting Mirror', a collective term that, on closer inspection, creates space for stimulating interpretations of his pictures....Read more -
Welcome 2024
27 Jan - 24 Feb 2024 bechter kastowsky gallery. Schaan27 January till 24 Fabruary 2024Read more -
Summer 23 / Landscape
Group Exhibition 12 Jul - 19 Aug 2023 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanRead more -
10 years bechter kastowsky gallery!
Mario Dilitz / Jakob Gasteiger / Aurelia Gratzer / Karen Holländer / Petar Mirkovic / Klaus Mosettig / Ahmet Oran / Drago Persic / Hanna Roeckle / Hubert Scheibl / Christoph Schirmer / Martin Schnur / Anneliese Schrenk / Liliane Tomasko 10 Sep - 29 Oct 2022 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaRead more -
THREE
Mario Dilitz. Jakob Gasteiger. Martin Schnur 17 Mar - 7 May 2022 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanRead more -
Winter 2021
Liliane Tomasko. Martin Schnur. Ahmet Oran. Aurelia Gratzer. Conrad Jon Godly 27 Oct - 18 Dec 2021 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanRead more -
Martin Schnur
In sich selbst 10 Sep - 30 Oct 2021 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaMartin Schnur's painting has rarely been so clear, so strong. The landscape, which is the 'frame picture' of his scenery, has an almost infinite depth. They are riverside landscapes, lush...Read more -
Summer 21
Martin Schnur. Drago Persic. Ahmet Oran. Conrad Jon Godly. Jakob Gasteiger 7 Jul - 21 Aug 2021 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanRead more -
Martin Schnur
Ihr gegenüber 16 Jan - 15 Feb 2020 bechter kastowsky gallery. SchaanRead more -
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Gasteiger. Gratzer. Patkowitsch. Peters. Pfeffer. Pleitner. Schirmer. Schnur. Schrenk. Tomasko. Vopava 7 Nov - 21 Dec 2019 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaGasteiger. Gratzer. Patkowitsch. Peters. Pfeffer. Pleitner. Schirmer. Schnur. Schrenk. Tomasko. VopavaRead more -
Malerei als Bühne
Karen Holländer. Stefan Peters. Martin Schnur 8 Mar - 14 Apr 2018 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaInitially, the repertoire of various spaces and temporalities within the image carrier forms the basis of this exhibition, although each of the artists seems to deal with this differently. Karen...Read more -
Martin Schnur
Imagina 14 Sep - 28 Oct 2017 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaMartin Schnur's already familiar palette is given a new, contemporary makeover. The mirrors are no longer smashed and scattered on the floor. The mirrored person is thus not broken down...Read more -
summer 17
Gasteiger. Gratzer. Holländer. Kapitzky. Patkowitsch. Peters. Schirmer. Schnur. Tomasko. Vopava 10 Jun - 21 Jul 2017 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaNew works will be presented as independent positions based on the artists' respective creative processes. These result in a platform that unites different approaches to contemporary painting on the one...Read more -
SUMMER
artists of the gallery 9 Jun - 23 Jul 2016 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaLorenz Estermann. Aurelia Gratzer. Karen Holländer. Wiebke Kapitzky. Christoph Schirmer. Martin Schnur. Liliane Tomasko. Walter Vopava.Read more -
Martin Schnur
Desillusion 29 Oct - 19 Dec 2015 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaFor a long time, painting was seen as a way of capturing the so-called 'view from the window' and bringing it into the interior. The medium has long since moved...Read more -
12 zeigt 7
Estermann. Gratzer. Holländer. Schnur. Schrenk. Stubenböck. Vopava 12 Jun - 26 Jul 2014 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaLorenz Estermann has created new picturesque houses: neat painted bathhouses from whose terrace you can jump into the cool water with the help of a diving board - if it...Read more -
Martin Schnur
Peripheria 24 Apr - 7 Jun 2014 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaThe exhibition 'Peripheria' at the bechter kastowsky gallery focuses on small-format paintings on copper, which are at the centre of Schnur's current oeuvre. Mostly horizontal picture formats immerse us in...Read more -
"be dramatic ..."
compiled by Martin Schnur 6 Jun - 20 Jul 2013 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaPhotography, which comes closest to the medium of television, is represented by three positions: Tracey Emin , Mahir Jahmal and Werner Schrödl . In her work 'I've got it all',...Read more -
«So...»
Martin Schnur. Ulrike Stubenböck 20 Sep - 3 Nov 2012 bechter kastowsky gallery. ViennaSo ... the time has come: the Bechter Kastowsky Gallery is opening! The first exhibition shows two different painterly positions that complement each other perfectly in their divergence - Martin...Read more
Publications
Events
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Museum Angerlehner. Collector`s Choice. Angerlehner. Löw-Radeschnig
with works by Constantin Luser, Hermann Nitsch, Hubert Scheibl, Martin Schnur and others 9 Nov 2024 - 30 Mar 2025With ‘Collector's Choice | Angerlehner x Löw-Radeschnig’, the Museum Angerlehner presents a unique selection of artworks from the renowned private art collections of Heinz J....Read more -
Autumn Leaves. Plants in contemporary art
Karen Holländer and Martin Schnur at kunsthaus köflach 16 Sep - 26 Oct 2023Hardly any jazz standard has been interpreted as often as 'Autumn Leaves', a song that is about love, transience and the seasons. Floral motifs such...Read more -
Museum Angerlehner. Art. Life. Passion. 10 Years Museum Angerlehner
with works by Martin Schnur, Karen Holländer, Xianwei Zhu and others 1 May - 15 Oct 2023The collection show celebrating the museum's tenth anniversary provides an in-depth insight into the diverse holdings of Austrian and international art. The familiar meets the...Read more -
Museum Liaunig. Follow the Rabbit
with works by Christoph Luger, Martin Schnur, Walter Vopava and others 30 Apr - 29 Oct 2023In the main exhibition 2023 'Follow the Rabbit' curated by Alexandra Grimmer, the Liaunig Collection shows a new side by opening the door to the...Read more -
Martin Schnur
In Obhut genommen - Taken into Care. The donation from the Karlheinz and Agnes Essl private collection. Ferdinandeum - Tyrolean Regional Museums 21 Oct 2022 - 26 Feb 2023The Essl Collection is one of the most important collections of Austrian art after 1945 and one of the most important collections of contemporary art...Read more -
Martin Schnur
Grow. The Tree in Art. Lower Belvedere. Vienna 23 Sep 2022 - 8 Jan 2023Mystery, bearer of knowledge, silent observer: the tree is deeply rooted in culture - as a mediator between the divine and the human, as an...Read more -
Martin Schnur
Spiegelgasse Vienna. Pop Up Event 20 Oct 2016In a vacant flat in an old Viennese building in Spiegelgasse 1010 Vienna, bechter kastowsky gallery exhibited works by Martin Schnur for one evening.Read more
Art Fairs
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PARALLEL EDITIONS 2023
Martin Schnur. Arnulf Rainer. David Moises. Roy Lichtenstein. IRWIN. Conrad Jon Godly. Jakob Gasteiger 11 - 14 May 2023PARALLEL EDITIONS 2023Read more -
LIHGA 2022
Mario Dilitz. Karen Holländer. Hubert Scheibl. Martin Schnur 16 - 24 Sep 2022For the first time we are taking part in the LIHGA. Not an art fair, but a fair for Liechtenstein and the neighbouring regions.Read more -
PARALLEL VIENNA 2022
Martin Schnur 6 - 11 Sep 202210 years ago we opened the gallery with Martin Schnur: To celebrate the anniversary, we will show a solo presentation of the artist at the...Read more -
viennacontemporary 2018
Enirco Bach, Aurelia Gratzer, Philip Patkowitsch, Drago Persic, Christoph Schirmer, Martin Schnur, Liliane Tomasko 27 - 30 Sep 2018viennacontemporary 2018Read more -
viennacontemporary 2016
Martin Schnur. Walter Vopava. Liliane Tomasko 22 - 25 Sep 2016viennacontemporary 2016Read more -
viennacontemporary 2015
Tomasko. Schnur. Schrenk. Gratzer 24 - 27 Sep 2015viennacontemporary 2015Read more -
ART BODENSEE 2015
Schrenk. Gratzer. Schirmer. Schnur. Kabitzky 10 - 12 Jul 2015Schrenk. Gratzer. Schirmer. Schnur. KabitzkyRead more -
Vienna Fair 2014
Martin Schnur. Anneliese Schrenk 2 - 5 Oct 2014Vienna Fair 2014Read more -
ART BODENSEE 2014
Holländer. Gratzer. Schnur. Stubenböck. Estermann. Graubner 11 - 13 Jul 2014Holländer. Gratzer. Schnur. Stubenböck. Estermann. GraubnerRead more