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Place of birth
Pöttsching, Mattersburg District, Burgenland, Austria
Death
8 October 2010 (aged 86 years)
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Place of death
Pöttsching, Mattersburg District, Burgenland, Austria
Age
86 years
Family
Spouse:
Uta Peyrer
Children:
Sebastian Prantl
Katharina Prantl
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Biography
Karl Prantl (November 5, 1923 – October 8, 2010) was an Austrian sculptor.
Biography
Prantl was born in Pöttsching in the Austrian state Burgenland. He studied from 1946 tot 1952 with the painter Albert Paris Gütersloh at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna in Vienna. As the stone sculptor he became he was an autodidact.
He was the founder of the International Sculpture Symposium. He held his first international symposium (Symposion Europaischer Bildhauer) with 8 participants in the old quarry Römersteinbruch in Sankt Margarethen im Burgenland. Prantl was invited to exhibit work in the Austrian Pavilion of the Venice Biennale in 1986.
Prantl died of a stroke at his home on October 8, 2010 at the age of 86.
Decorations and awards
- 1962: German Critics Prize for visual art
- 1968: City of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts
- 2005: Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
- 2007: Sparda-Bank West Award for Special Services to the Public Art
- 2008: Grand Austrian State Prize for Visual Arts
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