(Austrian, b. 1925)
Born in Lower Austria in 1925, J. Rene Biegler spent his
youth as an apprentice and student not only of his native Austria but in Switzerland and
France as well. Biegler feels, however, that it was first at Vienna’s Art Academy
while under the tutelage of Professor Hoffman and then at the Art Academy in Paris that he
learned most about art.
In order to learn even more about art, Biegler traveled to many
different European nations after completing his formal studies. Following a short but
intensive confrontation with modernistic currents, Biegler then discovered his own style.
His works are today a unique blend of the subject matter and technique common to the
Romantic school of painting combined with the transient and diaphonous qualities of light
and color characteristic of the early impressionists. The product is a particularly
harmonic interlude of color and mood.
J. Rene Biegler seeks to portray on canvas the beauty in all things,
and it is probably for that reason that he enjoys painting landscapes and floral still
lifes. He completely rejects the idea that the painter should, through his or her art,
confront the darker moiety of the world and, consequently, provoke the viewer into
experiencing different sensations. Biegler believes, rather, that the most important
aspect of art is to bring pleasure and harmony to the world by conveying the beauty of
nature’s creations. And his work does just that.