Artists · Painting
Fritz Anton
Exclusively represented by Galerie Gleis4
Lines in motion. Between architectural precision and intuitive gestures, his paintings invite a longer look.
Born in Hohenems in 1996. Lives and works in Vienna since 2014.
Selected works
One line. Three surfaces.
131042
2023 · Acrylic on canvas
160 × 200 cm
Pale, interwoven lines stand against a red ground. Darker loops create a second movement behind the lighter marks.
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160652
2025 · Acrylic on wood
72 × 155 cm
The narrow format focuses the eye. Pale curves and fine trails of paint meet a dark, green-toned ground.
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U-110652
2025 · Painted glass in a steel frame
30 × 40 cm
Pale painted marks overlap on glass. The dark steel frame gives the moving network of lines a clear boundary.
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Three ways of looking
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Line and space
Fritz Anton studied architecture at TU Vienna. In his paintings, spatial precision meets free, organic movement. Follow a line: where does it lead your eye?
Control and chance
Gravity plays a part in his process. Drips and flowing colour bring their own movement to a painting. Where does a gesture seem deliberate, and where does the paint appear to find its own path?
Figures and stories
A closer look at the sweeping lines can reveal figures and stories. Take a moment: what do you notice on a second look?
From the exhibition archive
Linien im Fluss
26 June–30 July 2025 · Galerie Gleis4, Zug
Background
From architecture to the free gesture.
Everyday observations and personal experiences inform Fritz Anton’s paintings. His images leave room for different readings.
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Fritz Anton studied architecture at the Technical University in Vienna - a background that unmistakably characterises his unique artistic style. With fascinating clarity and playful lightness, he combines architectural precision with organic dynamism.
Fritz Anton's works have an unmistakable signature that unfolds in intuitive, sweeping lines and only reveals its mysterious figures and stories on closer inspection. It is as if you are watching a dancing dialogue between control and chance: a rhythmic, never-ending interplay that lends his pictures an extraordinary vitality. He deliberately leaves part of the process to gravity, creating charming drops and colour gradients that lend each work its very own dynamic.
The special charm of his art lies in the deep and honest connection that Fritz Anton has to his works. He draws on a rich pool of everyday observations and personal experiences, which he intuitively incorporates into his painting. His visual language moves elegantly between subtle depth and playful immediacy, turning each work into an open dialogue with the viewer - always open to new interpretations and never arbitrary.
Biography:
- Born in Hohenems, Austria
- 2002-2014 secondary education in Vorarlberg, Austria
- 2016-2022 Architectural studies at Vienna University of Technology (BSc 2022)
Exhibitions:
- 2021 Group Exhibition – La Grande Dame, Augarten
- 2022 Solo Exhibition – Süßwasser, 1060 Vienna
- 2024 Solo Exhibition – X-Club, 1010 Vienna
- 2024 Solo Exhibition – Praterstraße Club, 1020 Vienna
- 2025 Group Exhibition – Woods Art Institute, Hamburg
- 2025 Solo Exhibition – Vienna Ballhaus, 1090 Vienna
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