Adolf "Adi" Tuma (born 27 June 1956) is an Austrian painter and

lithographer Lithography () is a planographic method of printing originally based on the immiscibility of oil and water. The printing is from a stone (lithographic limestone) or a metal plate with a smooth surface. It was invented in 1796 by the German ...

. His activities comprise decorative architecture, paintings, stamps and cancellations. Tuma's primary subject is nature. He is best known for his designs used for stamps by various postal administrations. In this context he has received a Silver Decoration to the Republic of Austria. Presently his works on stamps only contains more than 100 pieces.

Artistic style and themes

His free designs reflect his respect and love for nature in its widest sense. He is influenced by

Friedensreich Hundertwasser Friedrich Stowasser (15 December 1928 – 19 February 2000), better known by his pseudonym Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (), was an Austrian visual artist and architect who also worked in the field of environmental protection ...

Honors

Yehudi Menuhin Trophy 2006 for Music Philately

List of stamps (extract)

for Austria

* 1999 Europe 1999 * 2004 Cardinal Franz König * 2004 Catholics' Day * 2005 The

Mauthausen Concentration Camp Mauthausen was a German Nazi concentration camp on a hill above the market town of Mauthausen, Upper Austria, Mauthausen (roughly east of Linz), Upper Austria. It was the main camp of a group with List of subcamps of Mauthausen, nearly 100 f ...

* 2005 50 years reopening of the (Austrian) National Theatre and State Opera House * 2006 China-Austria joint issue: “

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” * 2006 China-Austria joint issue: “Piano”

for Liechtenstein

* 2003 White Storks in the Alpine River Valley

for Luxembourg

* 2000 Historic patrimony: Vauban Circular WalkP&T Luxembourg

External links

Österreichische Post AG würdigt Kardinal Franz König

References

Austrian lithographers Living people Austrian stamp designers 1956 births {{Austria-bio-stub