Modern Art - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1985 - 4 Shilling

The artist was born in Gluns, a small town in the South Tyrolean Vinschgau, in 1922. At the age of five, he moved with his parents to North Tyrol, where Innsbruck became his permanent residence. Flora's starting points and artistic role models were Alfred Kubin, Lyonell Feininger and Paul Klee. At first he measured himself against them, before he created those little drawings for early publications and all sorts of occasions, which not only gave Hermann Hesse pleasure as "grotesque and graceful" at the same time. His interests are in history, especially those of the "greater Austria", the monarchy and its legacies. It does not correspond to the claims of the "modern artist" as he is often called. In principle, he is more committed to the old-fashioned, loves and represents it, makes it the subject of a considerable part of his work. The artist's joy of association lets his superficially amusing drawings gain in depth. The brand image shows his work "Hochradfahrende Karnevalsfiguren".