page_title: Hortensia Fussy
section_title: Biography
hierarchical_section_title: Hortensia Fussy / Biography
caption_attribution_description: Hommage a Courbet, Skulptur von Hortensia (Hortensia Fussy), 1988-1995
context_page_description: Hortensia Fussy, is an Austrian sculptor.
context_section_description: From 1970–1972, Hortensia studied sculpture at the School of Applied Arts in Graz with Josef Pillhofer and from 1972–1975 at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna with Fritz Wotruba. Since 1975, she has been a freelance artist. In parallel to her work as a sculptor, Hortensia has created cycles of drawings and water colours during numerous trips within Europe and Africa, including the landscape cycles Spain (1983–1985), Tuscany and Umbria (1987–1990), Portugal (1997), Dalmatia (1999–2002), Egypt (2000), Sicily (2002) and Italian Dolomites (2003–2012). From 2003–2012, she has been leading the "Drawing School Hortensia" in Bad Gams, Western Styria.
caption: Hortensia: Hommage à Courbet, 1988–95. Harrach Palace, Vienna
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