Ferdinand Opitz
Ferdinand Opitz (24 January 1885 – 8 May 1960) was an Austrian sculptor. His work was included in the art competitions Summer Olympics 1928, 1936, and 1948.
Ferdinand Opitz
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- Name
- Ferdinand Opitz
- Occupation
- Sculptor
- Born
- 24 January 1885
- Birthplace
- Prague, Austria-Hungary
- Died
- 8 May 1960
- Place of death
- Vienna, Austria
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Ferdinand Opitz, a sculptor, was born in 1885 in Prague and died in 1960 in Vienna.
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• Name — Ferdinand Opitz • Occupation — Sculptor • Born — 24 January 1885 • Birthplace — Prague, Austria-Hungary • Died — 8 May 1960 • Place of death — Vienna, Austria
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- Dana Stehlíková: "Josef Opitz v Národním muzeu 1941 - 1945", in: Josef Opitz a umění na Chomutovsku a Kadaňsku 1350–1590. Sborník z mezinárodní konference pořádané ku příležitosti otevření expozice Všemu světu na útěchu — sochařství a malířství na Chomutovsku a Kadaňsku 1350–1590, eds. Renáta Gubíková — Markéta Prontekerová, pp. 54–85 ( )
- Jiří Kotalík, Almanach Akademie výtvarných umění v Praze, ke 180. výročí založení (1799-1979), Praha 1979, p. 95
- Ulrich Thieme - Felix Becker, Allgemeines Lexikon der bildenden Künstler, ed. Hans Vollmer, Leipzig b.d., Band 26, p. 28
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