Gabriela von Habsburg

Gabriela von Habsburg (actually Gabriela Maria Habsburg-Lothringen, born October 14, 1956 in Luxembourg as Gabriela of Austria - Hungary) is an Austrian sculptor and art professor. In 2007, her Georgian citizenship was the inauguration of the created by her " rose revolution monument " by the President Mikheil Saakashvili awarded. From 6 November 2009 to 14 March 2013, it served as Ambassador of Georgia in the Federal Republic of Germany.

Education and Career

After graduating from high school in 1976 in Tutzing ( Bavaria ), she studied from 1976 to 1978 thinking behind the University of Munich and then from 1978 to 1982 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Munich with Robert Jacobsen and Eduardo Paolozzi.

Since 2001 she has been a professor at the Art Academy Tbilisi ( Georgia ) and had from 2001 to 2005 to teach at the Summer Academy in Neuburg an der Donau. Since 2005, she has also a lecturer at the Academy of Bad Reichenhall. In addition, she has taught since 2004 Art at the BOS Scheyern.

The posting of the Habsburgs as Georgian Ambassador to the Federal Republic of Germany, it was decided in the Georgian Parliament on 6 November 2009. Since March 22, 2010 Gabriela Habsburg-Lothringen was accredited by the Foreign Office as an ambassador and now lives in Berlin during the week and on weekends at home in Bavaria Lake Starnberg.

Since March 2010, Gabriela von Habsburg Georgia represents Austrian Service Abroad of the International Council of the Association.

Family

Gabriela von Habsburg is the fourth child of Otto von Habsburg and his wife Regina von Habsburg. She was married from September 1978 to 1997 with the German lawyer Christian masters, with which they have a son ( born 1981 ) and two daughters, has (* 1983 * 1986).

After her mother's death Gabriela von Habsburg took over in February 2010, whose term of office as Grand Master of the Order of the Star Cross, which is connected with the title of the Supreme Order of Protection woman.

Quotes

In an interview with the press on July 17, 2011 Gabriele von Habsburg was asked, among other things:

  • " What is on your birth certificate? ": " Gabriela of Austria - Hungary. That was my name. Habsburg is a construct, a label for the Family, not a family name. "
  • "They actually called Austria ": " What do you mean exactly? This is in my birth certificate. In the end it is not as important as you say. I remain the same person. "

Based on their first trip to Vienna, after they got in 1971 or 1972 an unrestricted valid passport for Austria, she said:

  • "We went to Schonbrunn. I showed my student card, where Habsburg was indoors and had to pay admission. It was to see a large amusement, how a system behaves over a family that is the basis of every tourist income with safety in Vienna. "

Works

Exhibitions

Gabriela von Habsburg created mainly abstract stainless steel sculptures, but also graphics and lithographs. She has several annual exhibitions in various cities of Europe and the United States. Since 1990 she has also been particularly active in Eastern European countries.

Permanent exhibitions and representation

  • Since 2000 Gallery Leupi, Zofingen, Switzerland
  • Since 1989, Susan Conway Carroll Galery, Washington DC, USA
  • 1989 Authors Gallery 1, Munich

Design of prices and monuments

  • 2000 Art Prize of the European Union type
  • 1996 Monument to the opening of the border near Sopron
  • 1995 Art Prize of the Masaryk Academy of Art
  • 1991 Award for visual arts and architecture of the Sudeten Germans
  • Since 1998 design of the film award " German Film School Award "
  • Since 1997 design of the Film Prize " CineMerit Award"
  • Since 1997 design of the film prize " High Hopes Award"
  • Since 1996 design of the Film Prize " VFF TV Movie Award "
  • Since 1994 design of the Film Prize " MediaNet Award"

Public purchase of works of the artist

  • 2007 Rose Revolution monument in Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 2007 Fountain " Horseshoe and Wheel ", Astana, Kazakhstan
  • 2004 Sculpture Foundation Switzerland, Lucerne - Ennetburgen, Switzerland.
  • 2000 Tbilisi, Georgia
  • 1999 City of Bethlehem, Palestine
  • 1998 Sculpture Park Sárospatak, Hungary
  • 1998 Galeria Murska Sobota, Slovenia
  • 1998 Muzey na grad Skopje, Macedonia
  • 1997 Municipal Gallery, Budapest
  • 1997 community Hesperingen, Luxembourg
  • 1997 City Letenye, Hungary
  • 1996 Museum Würth, Künzelsau
  • 1995 University of Salzburg, Austria
  • 1995 Museum of Foreign Art, Riga, Latvia
  • 1994 Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
  • 1994 Akhmatova Museum, St. Petersburg
  • 1994 Museion Bolzano, Bolzano, Italy
  • 1994 MCE Voest Alpine, Linz
  • 1992 Veszprém, Hungary
  • 1992 LANKO Dezsö Muzeum Veszprém, Hungary
  • 1990 National Academy of Science, Washington
  • 1985 Museum Ferdinandeum, Innsbruck
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