Adolfo Cristobal Winternitz, birth name: Adolf Gustav Winternitz(-)Wurmser (20 October 1906,

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– 17 June 1993,

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artist of Austrian origin, with Jewish roots and belonging to a Lutheran family. He and his family converted to Catholicism. His children are Clara, Elena, Andrés and Isabel Winternitz de Riess.

Biography

Adolfo Winternitz was enrolled at the age of 15 in the Academy of Arts in Vienna. From 1921 to 1929 he studied painting, sculpture and graphics with professor

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. After his marriage with Hannah Pollak (1905-1986), he moved to Italy, first to

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and then to Rome. In 1938 he and his family converted to Catholicism. With clerical support he managed to escape from fascism and emigrated to Lima, Peru in 1939. Already in 1940 he founded the art school 'Academia de Arte Católico' he led by himself. In 1942 he acquired the Peruvian citizenship. In 1947 the Academia de Arte Católico was integrated into the Pontifical Catholic University of Peru (PUCP). In 1952 Winternitz was appointed Director of the ' Escuela de Artes Plásticas' at the PUCP. In 1981 the former Academia de Arte Católico was converted into a Faculty of Arts. From 1984 he has been Dean of the Faculty. Winternitz was a founder member of SIAC (International Society of Christian Artists), established in 1950.

Decorations and awards

* 1966

Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art (german: Österreichisches Ehrenzeichen für Wissenschaft und Kunst) is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Austrian national honours system. History The "Austrian ...

* 1979 UNESCO award * 1989 Award by the Peruvian Ministry of Education

References

1906 births 1993 deaths 20th-century Austrian painters Austrian male painters Peruvian Jews Peruvian painters Peruvian male painters Austrian refugees Austrian exiles Austrian emigrants to Peru Artists from Vienna Recipients of the Austrian Cross of Honour for Science and Art, 1st class 20th-century Austrian male artists {{Austria-painter-stub