Oskar Icha Oskar Icha (11 October 1886, Vienna – 1 October 1945, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor who specialized in reliefs. Life and workHe studied sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where his primary instructor was Anton Hanak.[1] During his time there, he received several awards, including the Academy's Gundel-Prize for excellence. In 1921, he was awarded the Reichel-Prize.[2] He created several war memorials, notably in Aspern, cemetery sculptures for the funeral hall at the Neustifter Friedhof,[1] and the "Risen Christ" at the Jedleseer Friedhof. In 1927, he created a relief of Beethoven at the Erdődy Estate in Jedlesee which, until 2013, was used as a monument to the composer.[3] In 1930, the city of Vienna commissioned several reliefs for community buildings and, in 1931, he received a gold medal from the Albrecht-Dürer-Bund, an artists' society founded in 1851.[4] In 1935, he took part in a competition for a monument to labor on the Schmerlingplatz and, the following year, for one dedicated to Emperor Franz Joseph I.[5] He was a member of the Vienna Kunstgemeinschaft, and participated in their exhibitions at the Palmenhaus.[6] He committed suicide in 1945, and was interred at the Jedleseer Friedhof. In 1971, a street in Vienna's Donaufeld district was named after him.[1] References
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