Fritz König (German, born 1924)

Timeline

1924: Born: Würzburg, Germany
1930: Moved with family to Landshut, Bavaria
1945–1952: Studied sculpture at the Munich Akademie of Art with Anton Hiller
1952: Graduated from Kunstakademie München (Munich School of Art), Munich, Germany
1957: Six months as a scholar, Villa Massimo, Rome, Italy
1958: Participatied at the 29th Biennale in Venice, Italy
1961: Lives and works on a horse farm in Ganslberg, a farming community outside Landshut
1967–1971: Worked at the "Große Kugelkaryatide"commissioned by the Port Authority New York for the fountains of the Trade Centre in Manhattan
1993: "Bayerischer Maximiliansorden für Kunst und Wissenschaft" Award
1964–Present: Professor of Art at the Technische Hochscule Munich, Germany

2005: Retrospective Exhibition, Neue Pinakothek, Munich, Germany
1998: Fritz Koenig. Skulptur und Zeichnung:1942-1997, retrospective exhibition, Sculpturesnmuseum, Hofberg, Germany
1989: Akademie der Künste, Berlin, Germany
1989: Galerie Pels-Leusden, Berlin, Germany
1988: Neue Pinakothek in Munich, Germany
1979: Solo Exhibition, The Städtisches Museum, the Gothic Minoritenkirche (Municipal Museum of Regensburg ), Germany
1974: Retrospective Exhibition, Staatsgalerie München, Munich, Germany
1959: "Documenta II," Kassel, Germany
1958: 29th Biennale, Venice, Italy

: Fritz Koenig – Kentauromachie – Zeichnungen, published by the Bayerische Staatsgemäldesammlungen, including an essay from Prof. Dr. Reinhold Baumstark.

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