Award
Medal of Honor for the City of Vienna
Source: Wikidata population candidate Q1928928 · wikidata
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Michael Powolny
1871-09-18 – 1954-01-04
Life & Legacy
Michael Powolny (18 September 1871 – 4 January 1954) was an Austrian sculptor, medallist, ceramist, designer, and teacher.
Powolny was born in Judenburg. He was trained at Tonindustrie in Znaim, and from 1894 to 1901 in the Wiener Kunstgewerbeschule. In 1906 along with Bertold Löffler he founded the Wiener Keramik workshop, that became part of the Wiener Werkstätte a year later.
Powolny died in Vienna. He is known for various individual sculptures and municipal monuments such as fountains and war memorials, but also for designs for household objects, and Austrian coins.
Occupation & Career
sculptor, ceramicist, designer, teacher
Education
University of Applied Arts Vienna
Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications
Medal of Honor for the City of Vienna
Legacy Highlights
Honors & Awards
Medal of Honor for the City of Vienna
Organizations & Memberships
Wiener Werkstätte
Education & Institutions
University of Applied Arts Vienna
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Sources & Provenance
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