Roman Johann Strobl (born May, 12, 1951 in
Kitzbühel
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) is an Austrian sculptor. He has lived in
Hanover since 1999.
Strobl learnt to sculpt in his father's workshop.
Surrealist works inspired by his travels during the 1970s in
Iraq and
India were followed by a spell in Rome, during the 1980s, where he honed his skills in marble working under Prof. Sebastian Schadhauser. Strobl's marble sculptures were exhibited in 1986 in the ''Haus der Kunst'', in 1990 at ''Kubus Bremen'', and other venues.
His first
chainsaw works were presented in 1998, in ''Schloß Kaps'' in Kitzbühel. Chainsaw portraits of
Bruno Bruni at an exhibition in Ahrensburg, in 2001, as well as
Gerhard Schröder and
Franz Beckenbauer
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, at the 2002 Expo in Hanover were to follow. One further work worthy of mention is his portrait of conductor
Zubin Mehta, created for the opening of the Munich opera festival, in 2005.
In addition to sculptures in wood, marble, and stone, Strobl's oeuvre also takes in a series of highly expressive picture cycles on canvas, as well as drawings. He has presented his sculptures publicly at venues in Zurich, Munich, Hanover and in Austria (''Kunst am Bau'' – architectural sculpture).
Together with Mechthild Schmidt, Strobl was responsible in 1997 for the redesign of the German film award, the ''Lola''. In 2001 he and his wife, Anne, created the prototype for the
Buddy Bear, working closely together with
Eva and Klaus Herlitz.
[Eva and Klaus Herlitz: ''Buddy Bear Berlin'', 2012, ., page 5]
Pictures and sculptures by Strobl were exhibited for the first time in Paris, at ''La capitale Galerie'', in 2007.
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External links
Website Roman Strobl
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Austrian sculptors
Austrian male sculptors
1951 births
Living people