!!!Prantl, Karl b. Poettsching (Burgenland), Nov. 5, 1923, sculptor. Trained as a painter; self-taught as a sculptor, P. used abstract forms in his work ("Meditationssteine") as early as 1950. 1959 founded the international sculptors' symposium Bildhauersymposion in the quarry at St. Margarethen, Burgenland. Austrian representative at the 1986 Biennale in Venice. !Literature K. P. Plastiken 1950-81, exhibition catalogue, Frankfurt am Main 1981; K. P. Steinmeditationen, exhibition catalogue, Hamburg 1983; E. Thoman-Oberhofer and P. Weiermair (eds.), K. P. Steine, 1997. %%language [Back to the Austrian Version|AEIOU/Prantl,_Karl|class='wikipage austrian'] %% [{FreezeArticle author='AEIOU' template='Lexikon_1995_englisch'}] [{ALLOW view All}][{ALLOW comment All}][{ALLOW edit FreezeAdmin}]