Alfred Hrdlicka (; 27 February 1928 – 5 December 2009) was an Austrian sculptor, painter, and professor. His surname is sometimes written Hrdlička.
He was born in
Vienna
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. After learning to be a dental technician from 1943 to 1945, Hrdlicka studied painting until 1952 at the ''
Akademie der bildenden Künste
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'' under
Albert Paris Gütersloh
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Gütersloh worked as actor, director, and stage designer before he focused on painting in 1921.
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and
Josef Dobrowsky
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. Afterwards he studied sculpture until 1957 under
Fritz Wotruba
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. In 1960 he had his first exhibition in Vienna; in 1964 he attained international attention as a representative of Austria at the
Venice Biennale
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, Italy.
In 2008, his new religious work about the
Apostles
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, ''Religion, Flesh and Power,'' attracted criticism about its
homoerotic
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*1960: Wiener-Kunsthalle, Zedlitzgasse, Vienna (with Fritz Martinz)
*1962: Künstlerhaus, Französischer Saal, Vienna (with Fritz Martinz)
*1963: Ausstellungspavillon Zwerglgarten, Salzburg (organized by Galerie Welz)
*1964: 32. Biennale (Venice), with Herbert Boeckl
*2008: Werkschau in der Kunsthalle Würth (Schwäbisch Hall)Reinhold Würth bei hr info, 13. April 2008, 25:15 Min.,
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(Wien): ''Alfred Hrdlicka. Unsparing!''
Gallery
Bietigheim-hrdlicka-Portraet-Bonhoefer p1160185.jpg, Bronze sculpture of
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
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, at a side entrance of the Stadtkirche church, Germany
Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus 2.jpg, ''Mahnmal gegen Krieg und Faschismus'', Vienna, Albertinaplatz
Wien - „Stein der Republik“.JPG, "Stone of the Republic", a part of "Memorial against War and Fascism" in Vienna
Hrdlicka Memorial.JPG, Statue of kneeling Jew, located at the base of the ''Monument against War and Fascism,'' Albertinaplatz
Literature
*
Wolfgang Kermer
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: ''Wiener Blut am Weissenhof: die Stuttgarter Jahre Alfred Hrdlickas''. Mit zwei Texten von Alfred Hrdlicka. tuttgarttaatliche Akademie der Bildenden Künste Stuttgart 2008
*Alfred Weidinger: "Alfred Hrdlicka - Parallelwelten. Biografische Notizen 1928–1964." In: ''Alfred Hrdlicka - Schonungslos!''. Bibliothek der Provinz, Weitra 2010, S. 13–56.
*Bettina Secker: ''Alfred Hrdlicka-Neolithikum'', Kindler, Munich, 1984
Notes
Hrdlicka was a talented
chess
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player. In 1953 Austria sent him to participate in the Student World Championship in Brussels.
References
*3. J. Weidenfels, "Hrdlicka, Sculptor, Citoyen", in: Art in Society, issue # 10 http://www.art-in-society.de/AS10/AH/Hrdlicka-1A.html
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