Sandro Antal

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Sandro Antal (born October 28, 1943 in Budapest ) is a German sculptor living in Düsseldorf .

Grandmother Earth (1988), meadow by the Hofgarten ramp on Fritz-Roemer-Straße, Düsseldorf
Heavy Metall Instrument (2010), Sculpture Park Flottmann , Herne

He is a trained sign painter and commercial artist. After fleeing Hungary , he attended the Düsseldorf Art Academy from 1974 to 1981 , where he worked as a lecturer in metal sculpture between 1981 and 1985. From 1986 to 1989 he worked as a lecturer for the University of Essen . In 1993 he was visiting professor at the University of Applied Sciences in Aachen . In 1996 he led a workshop at the Goethe Institute on Lagos, Nigeria.

Sandro Antal is known for his sculptures made of steel . He was inspired by his environment, the heavy industry of the Ruhr area . In August 2006, he was badly burned in a gasoline explosion in his studio .

Some of his sculptures are in public spaces in Bonn , Darmstadt , Düsseldorf , Gelsenkirchen , Heidenheim an der Brenz , Herne and Remscheid .

Sandro Antal is a member of the Association of Düsseldorf Artists .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ List of members of the Association of Düsseldorf Artists
personal data
SURNAME Antal, Sandro
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Hungarian sculptor
DATE OF BIRTH October 26, 1943 or October 28, 1943
PLACE OF BIRTH Budapest