Oskar Icha
Oskar Icha (11 October 1886, Vienna – 1 October 1945, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor who specialized in reliefs.
Life and work
[edit]He studied sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where his primary instructor was Anton Hanak.[1] During his time there, he received several awards, including the Academy's Gundel-Prize for excellence. In 1921, he was awarded the Reichel-Prize.[2]
He created several war memorials, notably in Aspern, cemetery sculptures for the funeral hall at the Neustifter Friedhof,[1] and the "Risen Christ" at the Jedleseer Friedhof. In 1927, he created a relief of Beethoven at the Erdődy Estate in Jedlesee which, until 2013, was used as a monument to the composer.[3] In 1930, the city of Vienna commissioned several reliefs for community buildings and, in 1931, he received a gold medal from the Albrecht-Dürer-Bund, an artists' society founded in 1851.[4]
In 1935, he took part in a competition for a monument to labor on the Schmerlingplatz and, the following year, for one dedicated to Emperor Franz Joseph I.[5] He was a member of the Vienna Kunstgemeinschaft, and participated in their exhibitions at the Palmenhaus.[6]
He committed suicide in 1945, and was interred at the Jedleseer Friedhof. In 1971, a street in Vienna's Donaufeld district was named after him.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Ichagasse", In: Felix Czeike (Ed.), Historisches Lexikon Wien. Vol.3, Kremayr & Scheriau, 1994, ISBN 3-218-00545-0, pg.299
- ^ Theater und Kunst. In: Wiener Zeitung, 17 June 1921, p. 3 (Online at ANNO)
- ^ Dehio Wien. X. bis XIX. und XXI. bis XXIII. Bezirk (in German), Wien: Anton Schroll & Co, 1996, p. 637, ISBN 3-7031-0693-X
- ^ Preisverleihung im Albrecht-Dürer-Bunde. In: Österreichische Kunst. Monatsschrift für bildende Kunst und ihre Beziehungen zum kulturellen Leben, Mai 1931, S. 26 (Online bei ANNO)
- ^ Das Kaiser-Franz-Joseph-Denkmal. Bericht der Beurteiler des Ideenwettbewerbes. In: Profil. Österreichische Monatsschrift für bildende Kunst, 4. Jg., Heft 12, 1936, S. 547 (Online bei ANNO).
- ^ Otto Borschke: Frühjahrsausstellung der Kunstgemeinschaft. In: Österreichs Illustrierte Zeitung, 25 May 1930, p. 6 (Online at ANNO)
External links
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Media related to Oskar Icha at Wikimedia Commons