Biography
editWerner Pokorny was born in Mosbach, Germany in 1949.[2] He studied at the State Academy of Fine Arts Karlsruhe from 1971 to 1976 and subsequently worked as an art teacher and freelance sculptor.[2] In 1988, he served as a guest artist at the Villa Romana in Florence and received a scholarship from the Baden-Württemberg Art Foundation in 1989.[2] From 1989 to 1990, he held a visiting professorship at the Karlsruhe Art Academy and later became a professor at the ABK Stuttgart, a position he held until his retirement in 2013.[2][1]
Pokorny was a member of several art associations, including the German Artists' Association and the Artists' Association of Baden-Württemberg, of which he served as chairman, as well as the Wilhelmshöhe Art Association in Ettlingen.[2] His contributions to the arts were acknowledged with the Hans Thoma Prize in 2013 and the Order of Merit of Baden-Württemberg in 2017.[2]
References
edit- ^ a b "Bildhauer Pokorny gestorben: Seine Werke prägen den öffentlichen Raum". Badische Neueste Nachrichten (in German). January 2, 2023.
- ^ a b c d e f "Die ABK Stuttgart trauert um Prof. Werner Pokorny". www.abk-stuttgart.de.