Max Weiler (born 27 August 1910 in
Absam
Absam is a municipality in the Innsbruck-Land District, Tyrol (Austria) situated at an altitude of 632 m, which had an area of 51.92 km2 and 6,776 inhabitants as January 2015.
Geography
Absam is 15 km from Innsbruck, in the lower I ...
,
Austria
Austria, formally the Republic of Austria, is a landlocked country in Central Europe, lying in the Eastern Alps. It is a federation of nine Federal states of Austria, states, of which the capital Vienna is the List of largest cities in Aust ...
; died 29 January 2001 in
Vienna
Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital city, capital, List of largest cities in Austria, most populous city, and one of Federal states of Austria, nine federal states of Austria. It is Austria's primate city, with just over two million inhabitants. ...
) was an Austrian painter.
Honours and awards
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Grand Austrian State Prize
The Grand Austrian State Prize () is a decoration given annually by Austria to an artist for exceptional work. The recipient must be an Austrian citizen with a permanent residence in Austria.
It was originally created in 1950 by then education mi ...
for Fine Arts (1960)
* Medal of Tyrol (1970)
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Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
The Austrian Decoration for Science and Art () is a state decoration of the Republic of Austria and forms part of the Orders, decorations, and medals of Austria, Austrian national honours system.
History
The "Austrian Decoration for Science a ...
(1979)
* Ring of Honour of
Hall in Tirol
Hall in Tirol is a town in the Innsbruck-Land district of Tyrol (state), Tyrol, Austria. Located at an altitude of 574 m, about 5 km (3 mi) east of the state's capital Innsbruck in the Inn (river), Inn valley, it has a population of 14,77 ...
(1987)
* Tyrolean State Prize for Art (1987)
* Honorary Medal of the Austrian capital Vienna in Gold (1987)
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Grand Silver Medal with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria (1995)
* Honorary citizen of Vienna (2000)
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(2000)
References
1910 births
2001 deaths
People from Innsbruck-Land District
20th-century Austrian painters
Austrian male painters
Recipients of the Grand Decoration with Star for Services to the Republic of Austria
Recipients of the Austrian Decoration for Science and Art
Recipients of the Grand Austrian State Prize
20th-century Austrian male artists
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