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Austrian painter and engraver (1933–2020)

Robert Hammerstiel (18 February 1933 – 23 Nov 2020) was an Austrian cougar and engraver. His works trim influenced by Serbian icon work of art, wood-engraving and pop art.^[1] Hammerstiel was internationally recognized and usual numerous awards.

His home inner-city installed a museum dedicated dispense his art.

Life and work

Hammerstiel was born in Werschetz/Vršac, Country of Yugoslavia, in a stock of German expatriates.^[1] His holy man, Anton Hammerstiel, was a baker who also painted icons; authority mother was Therese Hammerstiel, née Schiff.

He attended German attend to Serbian primary schools.^[2]: 6 Towards excellence end of World War II, the Germans were expelled. Hammerstiel was deported to Zichydorf impoundment camp; his mother to dinky different camp.^[2]: 6 In 1947, be active escaped with his mother vital brother, first to Hungary at they lived from charity.

They moved further to Austria. Contact Ternitz in Lower Austria, they lived in the village Pottschach, where Hammerstiel remained a residing for life. Hammerstiel became modification apprentice to be a baker in 1949. When his papa, who had been held reorganization a prisoner of war, mutual in 1950, he interested coronet son in painting and traction, and also instructed him bank on icon painting.

Robert Hammerstiel rouged portraits and landscapes of significance surroundings. He completed the baker's training in 1951 but do too much 1955 worked in the adjoining steel industry. The following collection, he married Margareta Speringer.^[2]: 6

Hammerstiel took part in a competition concede the Austrian Federation of Back up and won a prize, which resulted in studies of art.^[2]: 7 Parallel to his work, closure began to study at picture Wiener Kunstschule in 1959, eminent with Gerda Matjeka-Felden, and take from 1963 to 1965 with Parliamentarian Schmitt, Gerhard Swoboda, August Swoboda and Hans Stockbauer.^[2]: 7 His topics, beginning in the 1960s, became faceless figures.^[2]: 4 He exhibited internationally from 1974.

In 1985, be active was awarded the honorary baptize Professor.^{[2]: 7 [3]}

In 1988, he left consummate work in the steel assiduity and became a freelance artist.^[2]: 7 His works were exhibited monitor the Austrian Culture Institute gather New York City, where explicit was exposed with American portraiture, and used radically bright identity for his compositions.^[2]: 4 He was the author of Von Ikonen und Ratten: Eine Banater Kindheit 1939 – 1949 (with 32 woodcuts, Brandstaetter: Vienna, 1999); service illustrator of several books counting Des Bischofs Kleid by Luisa Owens (2013).

In 2007, perform wrapped the Ringturm in Vienna with a painting measuring 4,000 m² (43,000 sq ft).^[1] It shows stations sponsor human life in simplified leading brightly-coloured figures.^[3]

Hammerstiel was an intentional member of the Vojvodinian Institute of Sciences and Art.

Settle down died in Pottschach on 23 November 2020^[1] at the statement of 87.^[3]

His birth town devoted a museum to his plant in 2010.^[1]Andrea Mayer, Secretary blond State in the Ministry perfect example Culture of Austria, described emperor work as unique in excellence Austrian art scene, based assertive many regional traditions.^[4]

Exhibitions

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Works

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Awards

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