Alfred Hrdlicka

Visual Artist, Author

1928 – 2009

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Who was Alfred Hrdlicka?

Alfred Hrdlicka was an Austrian sculptor, draughtsman, painter and artist. His surname is sometimes written Hrdlička.

After learning to be a dental technician from 1943 to 1945, Hrdlicka studied painting until 1952 at the Akademie der bildenden Künste under Albert Paris Gütersloh and Josef Dobrowsky. Afterwards he studied sculpture until 1957 under Fritz Wotruba. In 1960 he had his first exhibition in Vienna; in 1964 he attained international attention as a representative of Austria at the Venice Biennale, Italy.

In 2008, his new religious work about the Apostles, Religion, Flesh and Power, attracted criticism about its homoerotic theme. The exhibition was housed in the museum of the St. Stephen's Cathedral of Vienna. He taught many sculptors, such as Hans Sailer, Angela Laich and others.

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Born
Feb 27, 1928
Vienna
Also known as
  • Alfred Hrdlička
Religion
  • Atheism
Nationality
  • Austria
Profession
Education
  • Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
Lived in
  • Vienna
Died
Dec 5, 2009
Vienna

Submitted
on July 23, 2013

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