Bruno Gironcoli
Illustration — Sculpture by Bruno Gironcoli. Bruno Gironcoli (27 September 1936 – 19 February 2010) was an Austrian modern artist. Bruno Gironcoli was born in Villach, Gironcoli began training as a goldsmith in 1951 in Innsbruck, completing his apprenticeship in 1956.
Bruno Gironcoli
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- Born
- 1936 · Villach.
- Died
- 2010 · Vienna.
- Nationality
- Austria
- Occupation
- sculptor · painter · draftsperson
- Fields
- abstract
- Movements
- abstract art
- Honours
- City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts · Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- Languages
- German
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Illustration — Sculpture by Bruno Gironcoli. Bruno Gironcoli (27 September 1936 – 19 February 2010) was an Austrian modern artist. Bruno Gironcoli was born in Villach, Gironcoli began training as a goldsmith in 1951 in Innsbruck, completing his apprenticeship in 1956.
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Bruno Gironcoli (1936–2010) was a draftsperson, painter and sculptor, of Austrian nationality. The draftsperson was born in Villach and died in Vienna.
Bruno Gironcoli worked for Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and worked in Paris and Vienna. The draftsperson was associated with abstract art.
The work spans abstract. Languages used include German. Works are held at Belvedere and Museum of Modern Art. Honours include Austrian Decoration for Science and Art and City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts.
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Bruno Gironcoli is recorded as having received City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts and Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
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Bruno Gironcoli (1936 - 2010) Gedenktafel beim Congress Center in Villach, Europaplatz, Kärnten, Österreich für sein Kunstprojekt "Wir Villacher Kinder"
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1936
Bruno Gironcoli born at Villach.
2010
Bruno Gironcoli died at Vienna.
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- Wikidata, structured authority record Q689223: Bruno Gironcoli
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- Gemeinsame Normdatei 16335902-7, Ausstellung Elfi Semotan, Kurt Kocherscheidt co Bruno Gironcoli (2011 : Herberstein, Buchberg).
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Between 1957 and 1962, he studied at the University of Applied Arts Vienna. In 1977, Gironcoli became head of the School of Sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, as successor to Fritz Wotruba. He was the official Austrian representative at the 2003 Venice Biennale. The most substantial collection of his work so far can be seen since September 2004 in a dedicated museum in the Park at Schloss Herberstein. In an area of 2000 square metres, many of his large futuristic sculptures are exhibited. Gironcoli died in February 2010 in Vienna after a long illness. He was interred at Wiener Zentralfriedhof. The Bruno Gironcoli Estate was founded in 2014, by his wife and fellow artist Christine Gironcoli, with headquarters in Vienna.
Ulrike Johannsen is recorded as having studied under Bruno Gironcoli. The recorded working language is German. Subjects and genres recorded for the work are abstract. Places of work recorded in the authority are Vienna and Paris. Employment is recorded with Academy of Fine Arts Vienna. Work by Bruno Gironcoli is recorded in the collections of Belvedere and Museum of Modern Art. Distinctions recorded are City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts and Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
• Prize of the city of Vienna for Visual Arts (1976) • Grand Austrian State Prize (1993) • Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (1997)
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Gemeinsame Normdatei 16335902-7, Ausstellung Elfi Semotan, Kurt Kocherscheidt co Bruno Gironcoli (2011 : Herberstein, Buchberg).Deutsche Nationalbibliothek
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Formation and teaching. Each of those relationships is stated by the authority record rather than inferred from style. Gironcoli received City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts and Austrian Decoration for Science and Art.
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