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Oskar Icha (11 October 1886,

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– 1 October 1945, Vienna) was an

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sculptor who specialized in

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Life and work

He studied sculpting at the

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, where his primary instructor was

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."Ichagasse"
In: Felix Czeike (Ed.), ''Historisches Lexikon Wien''. Vol.3, Kremayr & Scheriau, 1994, , pg.299 During his time there, he received several awards, including the Academy's

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for excellence. In 1921, he was awarded the . He created several war memorials, notably in

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, cemetery sculptures for the funeral hall at the , and the "Risen Christ" at the . In 1927, he created a relief of

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at the in

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which, until 2013, was used as a monument to the composer. In 1930, the city of Vienna commissioned several reliefs for community buildings and, in 1931, he received a gold medal from the Albrecht-Dürer-Bund, an artists' society founded in 1851. In 1935, he took part in a competition for a monument to labor on the and, the following year, for one dedicated to Emperor

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. He was a member of the , and participated in their exhibitions at the Palmenhaus. He committed suicide in 1945, and was interred at the Jedleseer Friedhof. In 1971, a street in Vienna's district was named after him.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Icha, Oskar 1886 births 1945 deaths 20th-century Austrian sculptors Reliefs Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Artists who died by suicide Sculptors from Vienna 1945 suicides Austrian male sculptors Suicides in Austria 20th-century Austrian male artists