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Alois Dorn
Alois Dorn (20 May 1908 - 24 August 1985) was an Austria, Austrian visual artist known in particular as a sculptor, a painter, a glass-painter and a creator of mosaics. Biography Alois Dorn was born at Mühlheim am Inn, a rural village in Upper Austria approximately equidistant between Munich and Linz: he grew up in conditions of some poverty in nearby Suben , Suben am Inn. He was one of the ten recorded children of the small businessman Johann Dorn and his wife, born Maria Karl. Several of his siblings would also pursue artistic careers, including the sculptor Conrad Dorn (1915–1987) and the artist :de:Johanna Dorn-Fladerer , Johanna Dorn-Fladerer (1913–1988). He attended junior school in Suben and :de:Bürgerschule, middle school (''"Bürgerschule"'') in the regional capital, Schärding. That was followed by his first piece of vocational training, which set him on course for his subsequent career: he attended the woodwork academy (''"Fachschule für Holzbearbeitun ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Austria
Austria, , bar, Östareich officially the Republic of Austria, is a country in the southern part of Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine states, one of which is the capital, Vienna, the most populous city and state. A landlocked country, Austria is bordered by Germany to the northwest, the Czech Republic to the north, Slovakia to the northeast, Hungary to the east, Slovenia and Italy to the south, and Switzerland and Liechtenstein to the west. The country occupies an area of and has a population of 9 million. Austria emerged from the remnants of the Eastern and Hungarian March at the end of the first millennium. Originally a margraviate of Bavaria, it developed into a duchy of the Holy Roman Empire in 1156 and was later made an archduchy in 1453. In the 16th century, Vienna began serving as the empire's administrative capital and Austria thus became the heartland of the Habsburg monarchy. After the dissolution of the H ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |