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