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She studied sculpture and ceramic at the Akademy of Arts in Sofia.
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Emilia Bayer
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Since finishing the Akademy in 1964 she works as a free lance sculptor. At the beginning she also took commissions for works in applied graphics, bookand calligraphic design. During 1973–1975 she designed her main work in Bulgaria – 250m² stone reliefs for the new building of the Theatre Sofia in Sofia.
The subject was the development of play-acting in the history of mankind.
This work of art is thought to be an exceptionally well turned out synthesis of architecture and sculpture. In 1975 she moved to Berlin.
In the following decade she took commissions for more than 10 larger-than-life sculptures in public parks and buildings. Her main work in Berlin – and also the beginning of the end – was the commission to design reliefs for the new building of the Friedrichstadt-Palace (since 1982) – the greatest varieté theatre in Europe.
Of the originally planned 12 reliefs only six were destined to be realised, but at last only four came true.
When the new politics of the communist administration became clear, the Bayer family applied for emigration visas, which were at last granted after more than four years of fighting the bureaucracy. Today she concentrates on the realms of figurative porcelain, oil-pastels and oil paintings. Distinction for the best work of art at the International Art Exhibition in Vienna 1958.
Distinction for an excellent piece of art at the International Biennale of Modern Ceramics in Faenza (Italy) 1974.
Decoration "Cyril and Method" (bronce medal) of the Bulgarian state for her life"s work.
