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"Mensch, verdamme den Krieg" ("Man, condemn war", 1932)

Fritz Wotruba (23 April 1907, Vienna, Austria – 28 August 1975, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable sculptors of the 20th century in Austria. In his work, he increasingly dissolves figurative components in favor of geometrical abstraction with the shape of the cube as the basic form.

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Fritz Wotruba

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Fritz Wotruba (23 April 1907, Vienna, Austria – 28 August 1975, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of...

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Wotruba Church

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sculptor Fritz Wotruba. The building of the church was initiated by Margarethe Ottillinger [de], and designed by Wotruba. The planning architect was Fritz Gerhard...

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Votruba

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surname of Czech and Slovak origin. Persons named Votruba or Wotruba include: Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975), Austrian sculptor Jaroslav Votruba (born 1939)...

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Vienna Central Cemetery

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artist Anton Wildgans (1881–1932), poet Hugo Wolf (1860–1903), composer Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975), sculptor Joe Zawinul (1932–2007), jazz keyboardist and...

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Burgtheater

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and Thomas Vinterberg. Among the staged and costume designers were Fritz Wotruba, Luciano Damiani, Pier Luigi Pizzi, Ezio Frigerio, Franca Squarciapino...

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Anna Mahler

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creativity. Having taken lessons in sculpting in Vienna in 1930 from Fritz Wotruba, she became an established sculptor there, and was awarded the Grand...

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August 28

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scholar (b. 1889) 1972 – Prince William of Gloucester (b. 1941) 1975 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) 1976 – Anissa Jones, American actress (b...

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List of Austrian artists and architects

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West (1947–2012) – artist Olga Wisinger-Florian (1844–1926) – painter Fritz Wotruba (1907–1975) – sculptor; born in Vienna Marie Elisabeth Wrede (1898–1981)...

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Fritz Grossmann

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and sculptors such as Georg Erhlich, Bettina Erhlich, Gerhart Frankl, Fritz Wotruba, Georg Merkel, Theodore Fried, Lisel Salzer and Lois Pregartbauer. These...

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April 23

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American model and photographer (d. 1977) 1907 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor, designed the Wotruba Church (d. 1975) 1908 – Myron Waldman, American...

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1907

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banjoist (d. 2011) April 23 James Hayter, British actor (d. 1983) Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975) April 24 – William Sargant, British psychiatrist...

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1975

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August 27 – Haile Selassie I, Emperor of Ethiopia (b. 1892) August 28 – Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (b. 1907) August 29 Charles C. Bass, American physician...

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Joannis Avramidis

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talents as a sculptor were discovered by Fritz Wotruba, which led him, at the age of 31, to attend Wotruba's sculpture classes at the same academy, from...

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Alfred Hrdlicka

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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...

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1907 in art

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painter (d. 1993) April 23 Lee Miller, American photographer (d. 1977) Fritz Wotruba, Austrian sculptor (d. 1975) May 1 – Theodore Roszak, Polish-American...

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1976 in architecture

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historic structures. October – Wotruba Church (Kirche Zur Heiligsten Dreifaltigkeit) in Vienna, to a design by Fritz Wotruba, completed. October 1 – CN Tower...

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Bruno Gironcoli

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School of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, as successor to Fritz Wotruba. He was the official Austrian representative at the 2003 Venice Biennale...

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Eugene Steinhof

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and Universidade Federal do Rio Grande do Sul. His students included Fritz Wotruba, B.C. Binning, Allie Tennant, and Egon Weiner. His books Architecture...

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Belvedere 21

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was awarded the Grand Prix d'Architecture for his visionary design. Fritz Wotruba created the monumental figural relief which was installed in front of...

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Bruchsal Palace

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a new church was built in its place from 1960 to 1966, with work by Fritz Wotruba and HAP Grieshaber. Nine bronze statuettes of the Twelve Apostles, made...

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Austrian Decoration for Science and Art

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writer; Lise Meitner, physicist 1969: Anny Felbermayer, soprano 1971: Fritz Wotruba, architect and artist 1972: Elias Canetti, writer 1974: Gottfried von...

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1976 in art

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Completion of the Cubist-influenced Church of the Holy Trinity, Vienna, by Fritz Wotruba. Collection de l'art brut ("Collection of outsider art") established...

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European Forum Alpbach

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Yongxin Peter Sloterdijk Roger Y. Tsien Vaira Vike-Freiberga Ernst Florian Winter Fritz Wotruba Joseph Stiglitz Mairead McGuinness Justin Vivian Bond...

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Grand Austrian State Prize

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1952 Albert Paris Gütersloh 1954 Herbert Boeckl 1955 Oskar Kokoschka, Fritz Wotruba 1956 Alfred Wickenburg 1957 Karl Sterrer 1958 Toni Schneider-Manzell...

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