{"id":8251,"date":"2024-05-20T17:37:47","date_gmt":"2024-05-20T15:37:47","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.seehaus-leifer.at\/?page_id=8251"},"modified":"2024-10-15T18:52:04","modified_gmt":"2024-10-15T16:52:04","slug":"kunst","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.seehaus-leifer.at\/en\/kunst\/","title":{"rendered":"art"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Dr. Michael Leifer was a general practitioner in St. Wolfgang for over 40 years. In terms of family history, he has a special relationship with Ferdinand Kitt and the Zinkenbach painters' colony. Maria Kitt, Ferdinand Kitt's wife, was his grandfather's sister. His father, Dr. Franz Leifer, founded the Leifer medical dynasty in St. Wolfgang. How did he experience these artistic circles as a child? A conversation with Dr. Michael Leifer.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Dr. Leifer, how exactly did the Leifer family of doctors come to settle in St. Wolfgang?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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My father grew up in Styria, in Neuberg an der M\u00fcrz near M\u00fcrzzuschlag. This became a Russian occupation zone after the Second World War. And my father did not want his mother, his wife and his two children, my sisters, there. So he sent them ahead to the west of Austria, to the Salzkammergut, to St. Wolfgang. This was also a good idea because his aunt Maria and her husband, the painter Ferdinand Kitt, were already loyal long-term guests at the Adambauer. In short: his family also found accommodation at the Adambauer at that time, my father followed suit and was finally able to establish himself as a community doctor in St. Wolfgang. Later they found an apartment in St. Wolfgang - and so my family settled here. I recently handed over my medical practice, which I ran for over 40 years, to my daughter Elisabeth. Magdalena, my third daughter, now runs our adapted Salzkammergut lake villa as an apartment lake house directly on Lake Wolfgang. In general, my large family - five daughters and two sons - still has a very strong connection to St. Wolfgang to this day.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Did you meet your great-aunt Maria and her husband Ferdinand Kitt in person as a child and what was your relationship with them?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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I experienced Ferdinand Kitt as a seasoned man with a self-confident demeanor. A bit of a macho, but always humorous and with a big heart. In general, my great aunt Maria Kitt's house was always open, hospitable and generous. Artists, initially painters and later increasingly musicians, came and went there. Aunt Maridi - that's what she was to us - gave my sister Monika piano lessons. We visited again and again and for me that was of course something very special.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Today you are increasingly interested in the Zinkenbach painters\u2019 colony and Ferdinand Kitt. What particularly fascinates you about his painting style?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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He had a wonderful ability to capture moods. The colors, the style - between concrete and abstract. Images that touch me. I would like to know more about which works were created at what time. Unfortunately, there are hardly any dates. And here it is exciting to do a little art history research and to be able to use my good connections to Ferdinand Kitt's circle and the Zinkenbach painters' colony.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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You also collect works by Ferdinand Kitt and the Zinkenbach painters' colony with great joy and enthusiasm. Is there an opportunity for interested guests to see your collection and perhaps discuss it with you personally?<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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Thank you very much for the interview.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t

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* Since the collection is currently not physically exhibited, it has now been made publicly accessible on the Seehaus Familie Leifer homepage.
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Text: Dr. Wolfgang Pfarl, published in \"Mein R\u00f6ssl\" - spring edition 2020<\/h1>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t
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