Robert f hammerstiel biography of williams

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    • Robert Hammerstiel

    Austrian painter and engraver (1933–2020)

    Robert Hammerstiel (18 February 1933 – 23 November 2020) was an Austrian painter and engraver. His works are influenced by Serbian icon painting, wood-engraving and pop art.[1] Hammerstiel was internationally recognized and received numerous awards. His home town installed a museum dedicated to his art.

    Life and work

    Hammerstiel was born in Werschetz/Vršac, Kingdom of Yugoslavia, in a family of German expatriates.[1] His father, Anton Hammerstiel, was a baker who also painted icons; his mother was Therese Hammerstiel, née Schiff. He attended German and Serbian primary schools.[2]: 6  Towards the end of World War II, the Germans were expelled. Hammerstiel was deported to Zichydorf internment camp; his mother to a different camp.[2]: 6  In 1947, he escaped with his mother and brother, first to Hungary where they lived from c