Prandstetter,... Weiler

Weiler studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Karl Sterrer. At this time he became familiar with Chinese landscape painting of the Song dynasty (960-1279). His interest in Chinese thought and Chinese art can be traced to a shared cosmological world and understanding of nature. Weiler, however, was not interested in the topographical reproduction of landscapes in his painting, he wanted to grasp the spiritual within nature and express it in images. With nature as a starting point, and in close relationship with nature, he developed a gestural but also sometimes meditative abstract style of painting. (G. Oberhollenzer)

He studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna under Sergius Pauser and Herbert Boeckl 1954-60. Between 1971 and 1977 he produced seven windows for Pfarrkirche Heiligenkreuz in Hall. Along with a large body of work consisting of watercolours, reverse glass painting was his preferred medium. Starting from the frame, which could be the frame of a painting, window or door, he painted on glass, without any initial drawing, using a thick glaze painting technique.