Roman Strobl

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Roman Johann Strobl (* 1951 in Kitzbühel ) is an Austrian sculptor .

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Strobl learned sculpture in the studio of his father Johann Strobl. Through surreal works on the occasion of his stays in Iraq and India in the 1970s, his path led him to Rome in the 1980s . There he perfected his marble work with Sebastian Schadhauser. Strobl's marble sculptures were u. a. 1986 exhibited in the Haus der Kunst in Munich and in 1990 in the municipal gallery KUBUS in Hanover.

The first chainsaw work was presented in 1998 in Kaps Castle in Kitzbühel. Chainsaw portraits by Bruno Bruni at an exhibition in Ahrensburg 2001 and Gerhard Schröder , Otto Schily and Franz Beckenbauer at the EXPO in Hanover 2000 followed. Another noteworthy portrait of conductor Zubin Mehta was created for the opening of the Munich Opera Festival in 2005.

In addition to sculptures made of wood, marble and stone, Strobl's work also includes a series of expressive picture cycles on canvas and drawings. His sculptural work is presented in public spaces (art in architecture) on buildings in Munich, Hanover and Austria.

Together with Mechthild Schmidt, Strobl was responsible for the redesign of the German Film Prize , the Lola , in 1997 . In 2001 he created the prototype of the Buddy Bear in close collaboration with Eva and Klaus Herlitz .

Strobl's paintings and sculptures were exhibited in France for the first time in 2009 at La capitale Galerie in Paris .

Individual evidence

  1. Gallery Nettels Roman Johann Strobl
  2. Ahrensburger Zeitung of August 24, 2001.
  3. Berliner Morgenpost of July 21, 2002.
  4. ^ Eva and Klaus Herlitz: Buddy Bär Berlin Show , Neptun Verlag AG, CH-8280 Kreuzlingen, 2001, pp. 10 and 11, ISBN 3-85820-152-9
  5. La capitale gallery - Paris

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