Gabriela von Habsburg

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Gabriela von Habsburg (2012)

Gabriela von Habsburg (actually Gabriela Maria Habsburg-Lothringen ; born  October 14, 1956 in Luxembourg as Gabriela von Austria-Hungary ) is an Austrian sculptor and art professor. In 2007, on the occasion of the inauguration of the monument she had created for the Rose Revolution, she was granted Georgian citizenship by President Mikheil Saakashvili . From November 6, 2009 to March 14, 2013 she was Georgia's Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany .

Education and career

After graduating from high school in Tutzing ( Bavaria ) in 1976, she studied philosophy at the University of Munich from 1976 to 1978 and then from 1978 to 1982 art at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Robert Jacobsen and Eduardo Paolozzi .

Since 2001 she has held a professorship at the Art Academy in Tbilisi (Georgia) and from 2001 to 2005 she was teaching at the summer academy in Neuburg an der Donau . Since 2005 she has also been teaching at the Bad Reichenhall Academy . In addition, she has been teaching art at the BOS Scheyern since 2004 .

On November 6, 2009, the Georgian parliament decided to send the Habsburgs as Georgian ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany . Gabriela Habsburg-Lothringen has been accredited as ambassador by the Foreign Office since March 22, 2010 and has since lived in Berlin during the week and at home in Bavaria on Lake Starnberg at weekends .

Gabriela von Habsburg has represented Georgia on the International Council of the Austrian Service Abroad since March 2010 .

family

Gabriela von Habsburg is the fourth child of Otto von Habsburg and his wife Regina von Habsburg . From September 1978 to 1997 she was married to the German lawyer Christian Meister, with whom she has a son (* 1981) and two daughters (* 1983; * 1986).

After the death of her mother, Gabriela von Habsburg took over her position as Grand Master of the Star Cross , which is associated with the title of Supreme Guardian of the Order , in February 2010 .

Quotes

In an interview with the press on July 17, 2011, Gabriele von Habsburg was asked:

  • “What is in your birth certificate?”: “Gabriela of Austria-Hungary. That was my name. Habsburg is a construct, a name for the family line, not a family name. "
  • "Your name is actually Austria?": "What does that mean? It's in my birth certificate. In the end, it doesn't matter what your name is. I stay the same person. "

Referring to her first trip to Vienna, after she got an unlimited valid passport for Austria in 1971 or 1972, she said:

  • “We went to Schönbrunn . I showed my student ID where Habsburg was inside and had to pay admission. It was a lot of amusement to see how a system behaves towards a family, which is certainly the basis of any tourist income in Vienna. "

Works

Exhibitions

Gabriela von Habsburg mainly creates abstract stainless steel sculptures, but also graphics and lithographs. She has several exhibitions annually in different cities in Europe and the USA. Since 1990, it has also been particularly active in Eastern European countries.

Permanent exhibitions and representation

  • since 2000 Galerie Leupi, Zofingen, Switzerland
  • since 1989 Susan Conway Carrol Gallery, Washington DC, USA
  • since 1989 authors at Galerie 1, Munich

Design of awards and monuments

stylized barbed wire
Inscription on the European monument by Gabriela von Habsburg
  • 2000 Art Prize of the European Art Union
  • 1996 Memorial to the opening of the border near Sopron
  • 1995 Art Prize of the Masaryk Art Academy
  • 1991 Prize for fine arts and architecture from the Sudeten German Landsmannschaft
  • since 1998 design of the film award "German Film School Award"
  • since 1997 design of the film award " CineMerit Award "
  • since 1997 design of the film prize "High Hopes Award"
  • since 1996 design of the film award " VFF TV-Movie Award "
  • since 1994 design of the film prize "MediaNet-Award"

Public purchases of works by the artist

  • 2007 Rose Revolution Monument in Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2007 “Horseshoe and Wheel” fountain, Astana, Kazakhstan
  • 2004 Sculpture Switzerland Foundation, Lucerne-Ennetbürgen, Switzerland.
  • 2000 City of Tbilisi , Georgia
  • 1999 City of Bethlehem, Palestine
  • 1998 Sárospatak Sculpture Park, Hungary
  • 1998 Galeria Murska Sobota, Slovenia
  • 1998 Muzej na grad Skopje, Macedonia
  • 1997 City Gallery, Budapest
  • 1997 Municipality of Hesperingen, Luxembourg
  • 1997 City of Letenye, Hungary
  • 1996 Museum Würth , Künzelsau
  • 1995 University of Salzburg, Austria
  • 1995 Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia
  • 1994 Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
  • 1994 Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg
  • 1994 Museion Bozen, Bozen, Italy
  • 1994 Voest Alpine MCE, Linz
  • 1992 City of Veszprém, Hungary
  • 1992 Lankó Dezsö Múzeum Veszprém, Hungary
  • 1990 National Academy of Science, Washington
  • 1985 Museum Ferdinandeum , Innsbruck

literature

  • Gabriela von Habsburg: Sculptures. With texts by Mathias Frehner and Carla Schulz-Hofmann. Bucher Druck Verlag Netzwerk, 1st edition, Hohenems 2007, ISBN 978-3-902612-20-5 .
  • Gabriela von Habsburg: Sculptures (English edition), ISBN 978-3-902612-31-1 .

Web links

Commons : Gabriela von Habsburg  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lexicon "Our Würzburg": The last "Empress" and "Würzburgerin" Regina von Habsburg has died. (accessed on August 21, 2010): “In 1957 the Austrian Ministry of the Interior put the name “ Dr. Otto Habsburg-Lothringen " , the use of the dynastic name" Otto von Österreich "was officially forbidden." This also made the official name of the Austrian-born daughter Gabriela Habsburg-Lothringen.
  2. ^ A b c Christian Ultsch: Gabriela von Habsburg: "Great advantage to live today". Interview in: Die Presse , print edition July 17, 2011. Accessed July 20, 2011.
  3. ↑ a b c How was the Kaiser-granddaughter an ambassador of Georgia. ("... the President came to the inauguration and gave me a passport. That was a great honor and surprise for me.") In: Die Presse , print edition May 12, 2011. Accessed July 17, 2011.
  4. ↑ a b Foreign Office : Embassy of Georgia: IE Ms. Gabriela Habsburg-Lothringen, Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary (March 22, 2010). Retrieved December 4, 2010.
  5. ↑ Bilateral Relations - Embassy of Georgia ( Memento of February 21, 2014 in the Internet Archive ), accessed on February 8, 2014
  6. ^ Civil Georgia, Daily News Online: Parliament Approves New Ambassador to Germany, November 6, 2009. Retrieved August 23, 2010.
  7. ↑ Elke Windisch: Portrait: Gabriela von Habsburg: "Getting New Views". In: Der Tagesspiegel , October 28, 2009. Retrieved July 20, 2011.
  8. ^ Habsburg house in Seeheim. In: muenchenarchitektur.com, platform for contemporary architecture, design and art in Munich and Bavaria, undated. Retrieved July 17, 2011.
  9. ^ International Council - Austrian Service Abroad. Retrieved June 4, 2010.
  10. ↑ Gabriela Maria Archduchess of Austria on thepeerage.com , accessed on August 12, 2015.
  11. ^ Stephan Baier: Habsburg charm offensive for Georgia. In: Die Tagespost , May 11, 2010, p. 8.
  12. ↑ Like her father Otto Habsburg-Lothringen and her siblings, Gabriela also had a passport with the entry: “Valid for all countries except for entry into Austria” until after her father's declaration of renunciation in 1961. ”She was a German citizen, after own information in an interview with the press on July 17, 2011, never.
  13. ↑ - ( Memento of October 1, 2007 in the Internet Archive )
  14. ↑ https://www.nikos-weinwelten.de/beitrag/georgien_im_adlon/
  15. ↑ http://www.skulpturschweiz.ch/?rub=2
personal data
SURNAME Habsburg, Gabriela von
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Habsburg-Lothringen, Gabriela (real name); Austria-Hungary, Gabriela von (maiden name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION fourth child of Otto and Regina von Habsburg, sculptor and diplomat
DATE OF BIRTH October 14, 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Luxembourg