Anna Chromý

Anna Chromy ( born July 18, 1940 in Krumlov ( now Czech Republic ) ) is a painter and sculptor.

Life

At the end of the Second World War, Anna Chromy's family moved to Vienna. Her family had not enough money for an artist's training and so it was only possible after their marriage and moved to Paris to begin an education. She was educated at the École des Beaux -Arts and became an actress of the surrealist world. After a life-threatening accident in 1992, she spent eight years not to paint in the situation. She turned her attention to sculpture and worked with bronze and marble. Chromy lives in France and works in Italy.

Studio

Anna Chromy has studios in Pietrasanta, Tuscany, where the bronze foundries Fonderia Artistica Mariani and Massimo Del Chiaro are. For their marble sculptures she has worked in the studio of Massimo Galleni in Pietrasanta. In Carrara, they formed in " studio Michelangelo" Franco Barattinis, a private school of sculpture.

' Eternal Love ', 1979, 90cm x 115cm

'Ball in Venice', 1979, 45cm x 60cm

' Clown ', 1979, 95cm x 130cm

Sisyphus (2003) 270cm

Ulysses (2000) 200cm

Olympic Spirit (2004) 580cm

Conscience Art

The most popular work of Anna Chromy is the empty coat, known as "Cloak of Conscience ," Piétà or Commander that is. Before the Salzburg Cathedral, the Estates Theatre in Prague, the National Archaeological Museum in Athens, and many other places was Currently Anna Chromy is busy the mantle in a five-meter high chapel transform (2010). The original 200 -ton block comes from the famous marble quarry Cave Michelangelo in Carrara.

Other major works are the standing in front of the new library in Shanghai Olympic spirit, and Europe, a contemporary reinterpretation of the ancient myth. In 2009, designed by her Olivier d'Or Peace Laureate Elie Wiesel of Prince Albert II of Monaco was presented. In 2008 she presented Pope Benedict XVI. a model of Certain jacket in the St. Peter's Basilica in Rome to celebrate the founding of Conscience Institute.

Chromy is inspired by the music, especially opera, classical dance and the old myths. Your images testify an admiration for Salvador Dalí, and other surrealists and refer to the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism and other Central European artists. Your sometimes used also on sculptures colors have a subtle Turner -like touch.

Exhibitions

• Don Giovanni and the Sound of Bronze (2000) in Prague
• Il Canto di Orfeo (2004) Pietrasanta ( Italy)
• Europe ( 2005), Place Vendôme, Paris
• Myth Revisited (2007), National Archaeological Museum of Athens | National Archeological Museum, Athens
• Dream of the East (2009), Beijing, China