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1921
born in Grein an der Donau, Austria
– Karl Mostböck’s talent for drawing developed during his secondary school years
from 1935 to 1940
– His art teacher Georg Werthgarner supported him; they went for walks together and drew directly from nature.
– As K. Mostböck was not allowed to attend art school, he completed a commercial apprenticeship with a wholesaler in Perg.
– At the same time, he continued to teach himself by copying the works of other well-known local artists.
1940
Reich Labour Service in the Reich Labour Service camp in Kammer-Schörfling
1941
Basic training in Vienna
from 1941
– Karl Mostböck was sent to the front in Russia as an infantry radio operator
– He spent months in the main military hospital in Bryansk due to dysentery and typhus
– Transfer to Frankfurt am Main and forming friendships with people from the cultural sphere, such as the musician Hubert Deuringer and the author Georg Hensel
1944
Participation in a military band in Poland
End of 1944
back as a soldier in Bavaria
May 1945
interned by the Americans in Bad Aibling
Later in 1945
Contact with Professor Constantin Gerhardinger from the Munich Art Academy and with the mountain painter Harrison Compton, whom he visited several times a week. Mostböck learned a great deal from both of them.
October 1945
Return to Grein
1946
Joins the Professional Association of Upper Austrian Artists
1947
– Birth of his daughter Gerlinde
– Marriage to Herta Sonnleitner
1949
– Moves to Steyr
– Employment at Steyr-Werke, where he develops his skills as a graphic artist
1950
– Thanks to access to the library of architect Heinrich Dunkl, he discovers Zen Buddhism.
– Friendship with the painter Josef Dobrowsky; they often paint together in nature.
1954
He wins a prize in the graphic design competition organised by the Upper Austrian Provincial Museum.
Around 1955
Karl Mostböck slowly moves away from representational art.
1955
First trip to Paris, where he meets Jean Dubuffet, Jean Fautrier and Francois Denoyer. He maintained a correspondence with the latter in particular for many years.
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1957
Membership in the Upper Austrian Art Association
– second trip to Paris
1960
Participation in the II Biennale of Contemporary Christian Art in Salzburg
1961
Participation in an exhibition at the Provincial Museum in Linz
1962
– Participation in the III Biennale of Contemporary Christian Art
Mid-1960s
Re-encounter with Zen philosophy in a bookshop. His Zen phase begins. Great influence of Julius Bissier, which awakens his interest in East Asian calligraphy.
1967
First solo exhibition at the Tao Gallery in Vienna
1968
Group exhibition with Japanese and Chinese artists in Dubrovnik
1970 and 1978
Purchases by the Albertina Museum in Vienna
from 1977
Participation in Art Basel and the Art Washington art fair
From 1978 to 1986
Permanent representation at the Wührtle Gallery in Vienna under Luise Kremlacek
1980
Retirement
1981
Exhibition ‘Karl Mostböck, Signes et Symboles’ at the Kutter Gallery in Luxembourg
1984
The Austrian Federal President awards him the title of ‘Professor’.
1991
Mostböck receives the Medal of Honour from the city of Steyr.
1994
– Retrospective of his work: ‘Die großen Zeichen des Zen’ (The Great Signs of Zen) at the Upper Austrian State Gallery
– Honorary citizenship certificate from the city of Grein
1996
The Austrian Federal President awards Karl Mostböck the ‘Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, First Class’.
2005
Exhibition ‘Karl Mostböck – Impressions of Silence’ at the Vienna Museumsquartier.
2009
Karl Mostböck falls ill to such an extent that he is no longer able to paint.
2013
Dies in Steyr, Austria.
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