Fritz Wotruba

Born: 1907 in Wien/Vienna

Died: 1975 in Wien/Vienna

Vita

From	Until
1965		member of the Austrian arts council
1953		member of the "Österreichischer Werkbund"
1953	1965	artistic director of the "Galerie Würthle", Vienna
1945	1953	head of the masterclass in sculpture at the Vienna academy of arts
1932	1936	member of the "Wiener Secession"
1930		member of the Austrian artists' association "Kunstschau"
1928	1929	studies at the University of applied arts in Vienna with Eugen Steinhof
1926	1928	studies at the school of applied arts the austrian museum of arts and industries in Vienna with Anton Hanak

Exhibitions/Awards

Year
1974	pontifical Medal of pope Paul VI
1971	Austrian Cross of Honor for science an arts
1969	group exhibition „The First International Exhibition of Modern Sculpture“, Hakone-Open-Air-Museum, Tokyo
1964	participation in the „The Pittsburgh International Exhibition of Contemporary Painting and Sculpture“ at the Carnegie Institute of the Museum of Fine Arts in Pittsburgh
1964	documenta III, Kassel
1960	solo exhibition at the Gallery Fine Arts Associates, New York
1958	special exhibition at the IV. biennial of São Paulo, Brasil
1957	contribution world exhibition in Brussels, Belgium
1956	Gustav-Klimt award of the Wiener Secession
1950	participation in the biennial in Venice
1948	major solo exhibition at the Musée National d’Art Moderne in Paris
1948	special exhibition "Schiele und Wotruba" at the biennial in Venice
1947	group exhibition „Meisterwerke aus Österreich“ at the Kunsthaus Zürich
1939	group exhibition at the Kunstmuseum Winterthur
1937	group exhibition "L'Art Autrichien" in Paris
1934	group exhibition „Austria in London“
1934	participation in the biennial in Venice
1932	solo exhibition at the Galerie Würthle, Wien
1932	participation in the biennial in Venice
1931	solo exhibition at the Museum Folkwang, Essen
1930	participation in the Wiener Werkbundausstellung, Vienna
1930	participation in the Wiener Secessions-Ausstellung, Vienna