Hermann Walenta
b. 23 January 1923 in Drosendorf (A); Austrian sculptor, graphic artist and painter
He has lived and worked in Drosendorf since 1972, working with natural stone, cast stone, wood and bronze.
| 1940-1941, 1945-1948 | Studied at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, under Professors Josef Müller and Fritz Wotruba |
| from 1948 | Worked as a freelance artist |
Exhibitions in Austria and elsewhere:
| 1951, 1956 | Venice Biennale |
| 1957 | Antwerp Biennale, Tokyo and Ōsaka Biennales |
| 1960 | Participation in the St. Margarethen Sculpture Symposium |
| 1970 | Sculpture symposia in Lindabrunn and Krastal in Carinthia |
| 1984 | Burgas in Bulgaria |
| 1986 and 1987 | Nagyatád in Hungary |
| 1990 and 1991 | Nagyatád in Hungary |
Awards:
| 1958 | Förderungspreis (Funding Award) of the City of Vienna |
| 1967 | Lower Austrian Förderungspreis |
| 1977 | Culture Award of the federal province of Lower Austria |
| 1980 | Gold medal and title of Accademico d'Italia of the Accademia delle Arti e del Lavoro |
Exhibitions:
His first solo exhibition took place in 1949 during the International Summer Seminars in Alpbach. Following that, he displayed works at numerous solo exhibitions in Paris, Vienna, Munich, Venice, Salzburg, Paris and Palm Beach until 1993. His first involvement in a group exhibition was at the Venice Biennale in 1952, and he subsequently took part in further group exhibitions in Tokyo, New York, Monte Carlo, Italy, Bulgaria, Hungary and South Tyrol.
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