Heinz Gappmayr
Heinz Gappmayr (7 October 1925, in Innsbruck – 20 April 2010, in Innsbruck) was an Austrian artist who created works of visual poetry.
Heinz Gappmayr

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- Born
- 1925 · Innsbruck.
- Died
- 2010 · Innsbruck.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- writer · visual poet · photographer · artist
- Languages
- German
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Heinz Gappmayr (7 October 1925, in Innsbruck – 20 April 2010, in Innsbruck) was an Austrian artist who created works of visual poetry.
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Heinz Gappmayr is recorded as writer, visual poet, photographer and artist.

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1925
Heinz Gappmayr born at Innsbruck.
2010
Heinz Gappmayr died at Innsbruck.
Publications
• auswahl. Mit einem Nachwort von Markus Klammer. Folio Verlag, Wien, Bozen 2009.. • mit Werner Herbst: Echo. 21 Blätter in Kassette, Herbstpresse, Wien 2003. • mit Siegfried S. Schmidt, Franzobel: Josef Linschinger. Zyklen / Cycles. Kunstuniversität Linz, Ritter Verlag, Klagenfurt 2003,.
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scholarly publication
- La poésie spatiale en Autriche : l'exemple de Heinz Gappmayr, Austriaca, 1997
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q90038: Heinz Gappmayr
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- “Heinz Gappmayr”, English Wikipedia, consulted as further reading
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• Dorothea van der Koelen: Opus Heinz Gappmayr. Werkverzeichnis der visuellen und theoretischen Texte, Band 1: 1961–1990. van der Koelen Verlag, Mainz 1990, • Dorothea van der Koelen: Das Werk Heinz Gappmayrs. Darstellung und Analyse. Lit-Verlag, Münster 1994. • Dorothea van der Koelen: Opus Heinz Gappmayr. Werkverzeichnis der visuellen und theoretischen Texte 1991–1996. Chorus-Verlag, Mainz/München 1997, • Dorothea van der Koelen: Heinz Gappmayr. Wort – Zahl – Zeichen, monographischer Beitrag für »Künstler«. Kritisches Lexikon der Gegenwartskunst, Weltkunst und Bruckmann-Verlag, München 1999 • Dorothea van der Koelen: Opus Heinz Gappmayr. Werkverzeichnis der visuellen und theoretischen Texte, Band 3: 1997–2004. Chorus-Verlag, Mainz 2005,
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- 1.Der Standard Anne Katrin Feßler: Heinz Gappmayr 1925–2010. The Tyrolean artist was one of the most important representatives of visual poetry – He died at the age of 85 in Innsbruck. Der Standard/Printausgabe, 21 April 2010
- 2.ORF Ö1 Patrizia Jilg: Heinz Gappmayr died. Pioneer of visual poetry. Kulturjournal, 20 April 2010
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