Wickenburg, Alfred#

b. Bad Gleichenberg (Styria), July 26, 1885, d. Graz (Styria), Dec. 25, 1978, painter. Belonged to one of the leading aristocratic families in Styria (his grand-father Count Matthias Konstantin W. was provincial governor of Styria); studied in Munich, Paris and Stuttgart; in Stuttgart was particularly influenced by Adolf Hoelzel. Combined various artistic styles, Impressionism, Expressionism, New Functionalism, Cubism (P. Picasso, G. Braque), Pittura Metafisica (G. de Chirico) and realistic tendencies in his works. Apart from oil paintings, he created stained-glass windows and mural paintings for churches and public buildings (e.g. at the seminary of the Vienna archdiocese at Sachsenbrunn, in St.-Joseph's Church at Greith bei Gusswerk, in the church of "Maria Schutz auf der Kalkleiten", at the catholic educational centre at Seggau castle, in the Saint Barbara Chapel of the cathedral of Graz, in Saint Martin's Castle (stained-glass window in commemoration of J. Steinberger). Awarded the Grand Austrian State Prize in 1956 and the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art in 1969.

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