Alfred Hrdlicka was an Austrian sculptor, draughtsman, painter and artist.
Education
After learning to be a dental technician from 1943 to 1945, Hrdlicka studied painting until 1952 at the Akademie der bildenden Künste under Albert Paris Gütersloh and Josef Dobrowsky. Afterwards he studied sculpture until 1957 under Fritz Wotruba.
Career
His surname is sometimes written Hrdlička. In 2008, his new religious work about the Apostles, Religion, Flesh and Power, attracted criticism about its homoerotic theme. The exhibition was housed in the museum of the Saint Stephen"s Cathedral of Vienna.
He taught many sculptors, such as Hans Sailer, Angela Laich and others
1960: Wiener-Kunsthalle, Zedlitzgasse, Vienna (with Fritz Martinz) 1962: Künstlerhaus, Französischer Saal, Vienna (with Fritz Martinz) 1963: Ausstellungspavillon Zwerglgarten, Salzburg (organized by Galerie Welz) 1964: 32. Biennale (Venice), with Herbert Boeckl 2008: Werkschau in der Kunsthalle Würth (Schwäbisch Hall) 2010: Belvedere (Wien): Alfred Hrdlicka.
Unsparing!.