Biography | |
1936 | born in Villach, Carinthia grew up in Carinthia and Tyrol lives and works in Vienna |
1951-56 | apprenticeship as goldsmith in Innsbruck with final examinations |
1957-59 1961-62 | studied at the Academy of Applied Arts in Vienna |
1956/58 | first threedimensional objects made by wood, nylon, iron, aluminium, glass und wire |
1961-62 | stay in Paris |
ab 1964 | works in polyester |
1977 | Bruno Gironcoli succeeded F. Wotruba as a professor and head of the Meisterschule for sculpure at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna |
1989 | Austrian Sculpture Prize of the "Erste Allgemeine Generali-Foundation" |
1993 | main Austrian national prize |
1995 | Culture prize of the town Villach, Carinthia |