Wotruba, Fritz, 1907-1975

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Wotruba was commissioned to create the monument to Gustav Mahler that the city of Vienna was planning in honor of the 25th anniversay of Mahler's death. He completed a model for the monument but it was ultimately rejected. Wotruba also gave sculpture lessons to Anna Mahler beginning in 1930. Marian Wotruba was Fritz's wife.

From the description of Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1933-1948. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 155864855

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referencedIn Wotruba, Fritz, 1907-1975 : [miscellaneous ephemeral material]. Metropolitan Museum of Art, Thomas J. Watson Library
creatorOf Wotruba, Fritz, 1907-1975. Artist file. Brooklyn Museum Libraries & Archives
referencedIn Otto and Ilse Gerson papers Archives of American Art
creatorOf Wotruba, Fritz, 1907-1975. Correspondence to Alma Mahler, 1933-1948. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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associatedWith Gerson, Otto, 1902-1962. person
associatedWith Wotruba, Marion, 1905-1981. person
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Birth 1907-04-23

Death 1975-08-28

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