While the criminal investigators found what they were looking for after the major fire in Wolfsberg, Carinthia’s art scene is mourning the estate of Wolfsberg’s greatest painter – Karl Schüßler.
As the police have now announced after intensive investigations by criminal investigators at the scene of the fire, a technical defect in the rented discotheque triggered the fire inferno. Even one day after the devastating fire at the former Lebek Halls (we reported), there is still disbelief in Wolfsberg. Not only because of the loss of numerous business spaces, but also because of the estate of the artist Karl Schüßler, who died in 2010. “Almost all of my father-in-law’s works were stored there,” says a shocked Michael Schüßler, who went to the museum together with his wife immediately after the fire disaster Warehouses rushed. “We don’t yet know the exact extent of the destruction, but we fear the worst.” Firefighting water flowed in streams from the ceiling. Although the couple was able to briefly enter the premises on Friday, they were unable to save any works of art. “The fire-fighting water flowed in streams from the ceiling. The water was probably 20 centimeters high in the room,” says Schüßler in an interview with “Krone”. But the firefighters had no other chance. And that’s why the couple assumes a total loss of their artistic heritage. After all, there were a large number of watercolors stored in the rooms, which could have been completely destroyed by the massive water intrusion. Exhibition with rescued works The couple will only be able to get a precise picture of the damage in the coming days. Even though there probably won’t be much left to save from Karl Schüßler’s estate, his descendants are planning something special with what they have saved. “No matter how many works survive, we will probably have our own exhibition with them. At least this great painter won’t die a second time!”
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