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Gabriela von Habsburg, (born 14 October 1956) is a German sculptor and the granddaughter of Charles I, last Emperor of Austria. Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. The city of Luxembourg (Lëtzebuerg Luxemburg also known as Luxembourg City (Stad Lëtzebuerg Ville de Luxembourg Luxemburg Stadt is a commune with city Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November, 1912 as Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius Regina Crown Princess of Austria Hungary and Bohemia (née Princess Regina Helene Elizabeth Margarete of Saxe-Meiningen) (born 6 January 1925 Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November, 1912 as Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius Regina Crown Princess of Austria Hungary and Bohemia (née Princess Regina Helene Elizabeth Margarete of Saxe-Meiningen) (born 6 January 1925 Archduchess Andrea of Austria ( Andrea Maria von Habsburg-Lothringen) Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia Archduchess Monika of Austria (née Monika Maria Roberta Antonia Raphaela von Habsburg-Lothringen Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Archduchess Michaela of Austria ( Michaela Maria Madeleine Kiliana von Habsburg-Lothringen) Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary Walburga Habsburg Douglas is a German-Swedish lawyer and politician and a member of the Swedish Parliament since 2006 Archduke Karl of Austria ( Karl Thomas Robert Maria Franziskus Georg Bahnam von Habsburg-Lothringen) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary Francesca von Habsburg (born 7 June 1958) is an art collector and the wife of Karl Habsburg-Lothringen heir to the headship of the House of Habsburg Archduke Georg (György of Austria ( Paul Georg Maria Joseph Dominikus von Habsburg-Lothringen) Prince Imperial of Austria, Prince Royal of Hungary, ( Events 1066 - Norman Conquest: Battle of Hastings - In England on Senlac Hill seven miles from Hastings, the forces Year 1956 ( MCMLVI) was a Leap year starting on Sunday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. "Karl I" redirects here For the prince of Liechtenstein see Karl I of Liechtenstein. Her main works are abstract stainless steel sculptures, but also include stone-printed lithographies. Lithography is a method for Printing using a plate or stone with a completely smooth surface She is also known as Archduchess Gabriela of Austria.

Birth

Gabriela von Habsburg was born in Luxemburg, the fourth child of Crown Prince Otto of Austria and his wife, Princess Regina of Saxe-Meiningen and Hildburghausen. Luxembourg (Groussherzogtum Lëtzebuerg Grand-Duché de Luxembourg Großherzogtum Luxemburg is a small Landlocked country in Western Europe, bordered by Otto von Habsburg (born 20 November, 1912 as Archduke Franz Joseph Otto Robert Maria Anton Karl Max Heinrich Sixtus Xaver Felix Renatus Ludwig Gaetan Pius Ignatius She was baptised with the names Gabriela Maria Charlotte Felicitas Elisabeth Antonia. She has the title Princess Imperial and Archduchess of Austria, Princess Royal of Hungary and Bohemia, with the style Imperial and Royal Highness. The title of Archduke (feminine Archduchess) ( German: Erzherzog, feminine -also spousal- form Erzherzogin) denotes a rank above Duke For the history of these states before 1804 see Holy Roman Empire, Habsburg Monarchy, and articles on each of the component countries. The Kingdom of Hungary (short form Hungary) was a considerable state in Central Europe that existed from 1001 to 1918 then from 1919 to 1946 The Kingdom of Bohemia (České království Königreich Böhmen Regnum Bohemiae was a country in Central Europe. Imperial and Royal Highness (in German: Kaiserliche und königliche Hoheit) is a style possessed by someone who either through birth or marriage holds two She was raised at her parents' home, Villa Austria, in Pöcking, Bavaria. Pöcking is a municipality in the district of Starnberg in Bavaria in Germany. Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12

Education and career

After graduating in 1976, Gabriela von Habsburg studied philosophy for two years at the University of Munich. Munich (München; Minga is the capital city of Bavaria, Germany. From 1978 to 1982, she studied art at the Munich Academy of Arts with Robert Jacobsen and Eduardo Paolozzi. Robert Julius Tommy Jacobsen ( 4 June 1912 in Copenhagen – 26 January 1993 in Taagelund) was a Danish sculptor Eduardo Luigi Paolozzi KBE, FRA ( March 7 1924 &ndash April 22 2005) was a Scottish sculptor

Since 2001, she has been an art professor at the Academy of Arts of Tbilisi, Georgia. Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari Georgia ( საქართველო, Sakartvelo) is a Transcontinental country in the Caucasus region situated at the dividing line between From 2001 to 2005, she was a professor at the Summer Academy of Arts in Neuburg an der Donau, Germany. Neuburg an der Donau, literally Neuburg on the Danube River, is a town which is the capital of the Neuburg-Schrobenhausen district in the state of Bavaria

Exhibitions

Gabriela von Habsburg has several exhibitions every year. While her focus was more on western Europe and the United States until the 1990s, she now has more exhibitions in Eastern Europe and Central Asia. Some of her main sculptures (up to 40 ft high) can be seen in public places.

• since 1989 Autoren Galerie 1, Munich, Germany
• since 1989 Susan Conway Carrol Galery, Washington D. C.
• since 2000 Galerie Leupi, Zofingen, Switzerland
• since 2007 Drissien Galerie, Munich, Germany

Public installations

The 2007 "Horseshoe and Wheel" fountain in Astana, Kazakhstan

Another view of the fountain

• 2007 Moument of the Rose Revolution in Georgia^[1]
• 2007 Fountain "Horseshoe and Wheel", Astana, Kazakhstan
• 2004 Skulpturschweiz Foundation Sculpture park, Luzern, Switzerland^[2]
• 2000 Town of Tbilisi, Georgia
• 1999 Town of Bethlehem, Palestine
• 1998 Sculpture-park Sárospatak, Hungary
• 1998 Galeria Murska Sobota, Slovenia
• 1998 City Museum of Skopje, Macedonia
• 1997 Municipal Galery of Budapest, Hungary
• 1997 Municipality of Hesperingen, Luxemburg
• 1997 Town of Letenye, Hungary
• 1996 Museum Würth, Künzelsau, Germany
• 1995 University of Salzburg, Austria
• 1995 Museum for foreign Art, Riga, Latvia
• 1994 Ernst Museum, Budapest, Hungary
• 1994 Achmatowa Museum, St. Tbilisi (ˌtbiˈliːsi in Georgian: თბილისი is the capital and the largest city of the Republic of Georgia, lying on the banks of the Mt'k'vari Petersburg, Russia
• 1994 Museion Bozen, Bolzano, Italy
• 1994 Voest Alpine MCE, Linz, Austria
• 1992 Town of Veszprém, Hungary
• 1992 Lankó Dezsö Múzeum Veszprém, Hungary
• 1990 National Academy of Science, Washington D. voestalpine AG is an international steel company based in Linz, Austria. C.
• 1985 Museum of the State of Tyrolya (Ferdinandeum) , Innsbruck, Austria

Awards

• 1991 Förderpreis für bildende Kunst und Architektur der Sudetendeutschen Landsmannschaft (annual award for Arts and architecture)
• 1995 Award of the Masaryk academy of Arts, Prague, Chech Republic
• 1996 Monument of the opening of the Iron Curtain, Sopron, Hungary
• 2000 Art Award of the European Art Union

• since 1994 she has designed the sculpture of "MediaNet-Award" at the Munich Film Festival
• since 1996 she has designed the sculpture of "VFF TV-Movie Award" at the Munich Film Festival
• since 1997 she has designed the sculpture of "High Hopes Award" at the Munich Film Festival
• since 1997 she has designed the sculpture of "CineMerit Award" at the Munich Film Festival^[3]
• since 1998 she has designed the sculpture of "Deutscher Filmschulpreis" at the Munich Film Festival

On 26 May 2007 Georgian President Mikheil Saakashvili granted Georgian citizenship to Gabriela. Events 451 - The Battle of Avarayr between Armenian rebels and the Sassanid Empire takes place Year 2007 ( MMVII) was a Common year starting on Monday of the Gregorian calendar in the 21st century. Mikheil Saakashvili (მიხეილ ნიკოლოზის ძე სააკაშვილი (born 21 December 1967, a Georgian Politician, the

Marriage and children

On 30 August 1978, in Pöcking, Bavaria, Gabriela was married civilly to Christian Meister, a German attorney. Events 1363 - Beginning date of the Battle of Lake Poyang; the forces of two Chinese rebel leaders— Chen Youliang and Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) They renewed their vows in a religious ceremony 5 September 1978, in St. Events 1590 - Alexander Farnese 's army forces Henry IV of France to raise the siege of Paris. Year 1978 ( MCMLXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Sunday (link displays the 1978 Gregorian calendar) Odile. They divorced in 1997. They have three children:

• Severin Meister (born 9 January 1981)
• Lioba Meister (born 20 August 1983)
• Alena Meister (born 7 September 1986)

Ancestry

Literature

Gabriela von Habsburg. Events 475 - Byzantine Emperor Zeno is forced to flee his capital at Constantinople. Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Events 636 - Battle of Yarmouk: Arab forces led by Khalid ibn al-Walid take control of Syria and Palestine Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1986 ( MCMLXXXVI) was a Common year starting on Wednesday (link displays 1986 Gregorian calendar) Sculpture (English version) By Prof. Mathias Frehner and Prof. Carla Schulz-Hofmann Bucher GmbH & Co. Druck Verlag Netzwerk; (22. Oktober 2007) ISBN 978-3-902612-31-1

Gabriela von Habsburg. Skulpturen (German version) ISBN 978-3-902612-20-5

Notes

External links

• Her official homepage.
• Gabriela von Habsburg cited as Creator of the CineMerit Award
• Book on Gabriela von Habsburg