Otto Karl Hofner

Austria
Austria
Partecipazioni3
Prima partecipazioneLos Angeles 1932
Anno di Nascita1879

Biografia

Austrian sculptor and medalist Otto Hofner was a three-time Olympian 1932-48 in the Art Competitions, and received an Honorable Mention for his work Ringkampf (Wrestling Match) in 1936 at the Berlin Olympic Games. In 1948 he was entered posthumously. He started his education as a goldsmith, engraver and chaser, and then studied at the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule. From 1904-15 he worked as a teacher at the gold and silversmith school in Wien (Vienna). Hofner also worked as a self-employed artist and mainly produced grave monuments, busts and portrait reliefs, but also medals, plaques and goldsmith works.

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