Joannis Avramidis

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Sculpture in Heilbronn, Germany.

Joannis Avramidis (born September 23, 1922) (Greek: Iωάννης Aβραμίδης) is a Greek-Austrian sculptor. He was born in Batumi, Georgia in 1922.[1]

He studied in Batumi and later at Fritz Wotruba in Vienna. He became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and from 1966 in Hamburg. In 1962 he represented Austria at the Venice Biennale.

Decorations and awards

This article incorporates information from the equivalent article on the German Wikipedia.
  • 1956: State Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna
  • 1958: Austrian promotion prize for sculpture
  • 1961: Award from the City of Vienna
  • 1961: Hugo von Montfort-prize (Bregenz)
  • 1964: City of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts
  • 1968: Will Grohmann-Prize (Berlin)
  • 1973: Grand Austrian State Prize for Visual Arts
  • 1985: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art[2]

References

  1. ↑ Kröller-Müller, Rijksmuseum (1992). Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller: catalogue of the collection. Joh. Enschedé Amsterdam BV. p. 50. Retrieved 24 September 2011. 
  2. ↑ "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 726. Retrieved 13 February 2013. 
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