Helmut Zobl

{{short description|Austrian medallist living in Vienna (born 1941)}}

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| name = Helmut Zobl

| image = Prof. Helmut Zobl-4408 (16190811034).jpg

| caption = Helmut Zobl in 2015

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1941|05|6}}

| birth_place = Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria

| nationality = Austrian

| alma_mater = Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

| known_for = Painting

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Helmut Zobl (born 6 May 1941 at Schwarzach im Pongau, Austria) is an Austrian medallist living in Vienna.{{Cite web|url=http://www.medaillenkunst.de/index.php?person_id=190|title=Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst e.V.|website=medaillenkunst.de|access-date=2019-12-01}}

Life

Helmut Zobl studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1960 to 1965. From 1967 to 1970, he was an Assistant of Ferdinand Welz at the Meisterschule für Medaillenkunst.

Work

Since 1970, Helmut Zobl has been working as a freelance artist coin designer, painter, sculptor etc. He became one of the most important contemporary medallists of Austria. He has designed many Austrian coins and medallions.{{Cite web|url=http://www.helmut-zobl.at/werke/muenzen/?printit=1|title=Zobl – Münzen|website=helmut-zobl.at|access-date=2019-12-01}}

Since 1971, Zobl has been a member of the Wiener Secession. In 1994, he became a member of Deutsche Gesellschaft für Medaillenkunst. He was awarded with high prizes and honors.

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