Joannis Avramidis

Sculpture in Heilbronn, Germany.

Joannis Avramidis (23 September 1922 – 16 January 2016) (Greek: Iωάννης Aβραμίδης) was a Greek-Austrian sculptor.[1] He was born in Batumi, Georgia in 1922 to a family of Caucasus Greek origin.[2]

He studied in Batumi and later at Fritz Wotruba in Vienna. He became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and from 1966 in Hamburg. In 1962 he represented Austria at the Venice Biennale.

Decorations and awards

References

  1. "Bildhauer Joannis Avramidis verstorben" (in German). Der Standard. Retrieved 17 January 2016.
  2. Kröller-Müller, Rijksmuseum (1992). Sculpture in the Rijksmuseum Kröller-Müller: catalogue of the collection. Joh. Enschedé Amsterdam BV. p. 50. Retrieved 24 September 2011.
  3. "Reply to a parliamentary question" (pdf) (in German). p. 726. Retrieved 13 February 2013.
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