Biography
02/11/1912 | Born in Klausenburg - at that time Austria-Hungary |
1912 - 1931 | Childhood and youth in Bratislava |
1927 - 1931 | Student of sculptor Alois Rigele |
1931 | Humanistic 'Abitur' (school leaving examination) in Bratislava |
1931 - 1933 | 'Werkkunstschule' (artschool) Wien |
1933 - 1935 | Academy of art Budapest |
1935 - 1936 | Academy of art Dresden with Prof. Karl Albiker |
1937 | Travels for studies of art to Rom and Paris |
1938 - 1944 | Academy of art in Berlin, master-class student of Prof. Richard Scheibe. Close contact to artists of the 'Künstlerhaus Klosterstrasse' in Berlin, f.e. to Ludwig Kasper, Käthe Kollwitz, Gerhard Marcks, Werner Gilles. |
1945 - 1955 | Lives and works in Gauting near Munich as independent sculptor |
1948 | Scholarship in Paris, made possible by the french High-Commission |
1950 - 1955 |
Several art-trips to Paris and northern France. Member of the art-circle Montouge |
1956 | Resettled in Darmstadt. Member of : 'Neue Darmstädter Sezession' (Art-Association), many years as chairperson. Intermittend studies in Greece and Italy. |
1955 - 1997 | Frequent exhibitions as member of the 'Deutsche Künstlerbund', the 'Rheinische Sezession' and the 'Neue Darmstädter Sezession'. |
08/08/1997 | Died in Gauting near Munich |