Exhibition by Rudolf Alexander Kobald "From the Time" at the Eisenberger Factory in Gmünd

Exhibition: RUDOLF ALEXANDER KOBALD · "FROM TIME"

Exhibition Duration: June 20 to August 23, 2026
Opening Hours: Saturdays, Sundays, and public holidays from 11 AM to 5 PM
Location: Eisenberger Fabrik, Litschauerstr. 23, 3950 Gmünd

Opening: Saturday, June 20, 2026, at 3 PM

Rudolf Alexander Kobald was born on March 26, 1962, in Vienna; attended Piaristenvolksschule Maria Treu (Vienna) from 1968 to 1972; completed high school and Matura at Schottengymnasium (Vienna) from 1972 to 1980; worked as a draftsman for various print media (including FORVM); held the exhibition "People, Rats" at Club 45 (Vienna) in 1987; in 1995, "Alexander Rudolf Kobald – Paintings and Collages" at the Georgskapelle/Augustinerkirche (Vienna); in 1996, "Triptych – Lent Cloths Rudolf Kobald" at the Otto Wagner Chapel on Währinger Gürtel (Vienna); in 1997, "From Time. Rudolf Kobald. Space Painting Music III" at Stift Heiligenkreuz; in 1997, "From Time. Rudolf Kobald. Space Painting Music IV" at Napoleonstadel Klagenfurt; from 2003 to 2005, served abroad with UNDOF – United Nations Disengagement Observer Force in the Golan Heights; in 2007, exhibition "Rudolf Kobald – Avicenna's Asylum" at Rossauer Kaserne (Vienna); in 2013, "War Always War – Historicism and Modernity – Rudolf Kobald" at the Military History Museum (Vienna); in 2017, "Karl Hammerl – Rudolf Kobald – Ivo Mile" at Schloss Pöllau (Styria).

With his untimely death just before Christmas 2021, Rudolf Kobald's artistic work came to an abrupt end. Nevertheless, Kobald left behind an impressive and diverse body of work, for which there has been no overview until now. The catalog and exhibition aim to provide that overview.