Background
He was born in Batumi, Georgia in 1922 to a family of Caucasus Greek origin.
He was born in Batumi, Georgia in 1922 to a family of Caucasus Greek origin.
He studied in Batumi and later at Fritz Wotruba in Vienna.
He became a professor at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and from 1966 in Hamburg. In 1962 he represented Austria at the Venice Biennale. 1956: State Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
1956: State Prize of the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna 1958: Austrian promotion prize for sculpture 1961: Award from the City of Vienna 1961: Hugo von Montfort-prize (Bregenz) 1964: City of Vienna Prize for Visual Arts 1968: Will Grohmann-Prize (Berlin) 1973: Grand Austrian State Prize for Visual Arts 1985: Austrian Decoration for Science and Artist
