Hubert Schmalix
{{Short description|Austrian painter (1952–2025)}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2025}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Hubert Schmalix
| image = Ringturm2008KunstAmBau02.JPG
| alt =
| caption = Der Turm der Kunst in Blüte, outside the Ringturm in Vienna
| birth_name =
| birth_date = {{Birth date|df=y|1952|12|17}}
| birth_place = Graz, Styria, Austria
| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=y|2025|03|23|1952|12|17}}
| death_place = Los Angeles, California, U.S.
| other_names =
| occupation = Painter
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| notable_works =
| education = Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
}}
Hubert Schmalix (17 December 1952 – 23 March 2025) was an Austrian painter.{{cite news |last=Reichart|first=Michaela|date=24 March 2025|title=Grazer Maler Hubert Schmalix 72-jährig verstorben|url=https://www.krone.at/3736686|trans-title= |work=Kronen Zeitung|language=German|location= |publisher= |access-date=27 March 2025}}
Biography
Born in Graz on 17 December 1952, Schmalix studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1971 to 1976 under the instruction of {{ill|Maximilian Melcher|fr}}. In 1976, he gave his first personal exhibition at the Vienna Künstlerhaus. In 1983, he participated in {{ill|aktuell ’83|de}} in Munich and subsequently travelled to Australia and the Philippines. In 1987, he moved to Los Angeles. From 1997 to 2006 he taught at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna and the University of California, Los Angeles.{{cite web|url=https://sammlung.belvedere.at/people/2018/|title=Hubert Schmalix|work=Österreichische Galerie Belvedere|language=German}}
Schmalix died in Los Angeles on 23 March 2025, at the age of 72.{{cite news |last= |first= |date=23 March 2025|title=The Academy mourns the death of Hubert Schmalix (1952-2025)|url=https://www.akbild.ac.at/en/news/2025/the-academy-mourns-the-death-of-hubert-schmalix-1952-2025|trans-title= |work=Academy of Fine Arts Vienna|language= |location= |publisher= |access-date=27 March 2025}}
Awards
- {{ill|City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts|de|Preis der Stadt Wien für Bildende Kunst}} (1998){{cite web|url=https://www.geschichtewiki.wien.gv.at/Preis_der_Stadt_Wien#Bildende_Kunst_(1998_-_dato)|title=Bildende Kunst (1998 - dato)|work=Stadt Wien|language=German}}
- {{ill|Order of Honour (Styria)|de|Ehrenzeichen des Landes Steiermark|lt=Medal of Honor of the State of Styria for Science, Research and Art}} (2024){{cite news |last= |first= |date=6 June 2024|title=Große Goldene Ehrenzeichen des Landes Steiermark an Helmut Marko und Hellmut Samonigg überreicht|url=https://www.verwaltung.steiermark.at/cms/beitrag/12953701/178786064/_1|trans-title= |work=Government of Styria|language=German|location= |publisher= |access-date=27 March 2025}}
References
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External links
- {{imdb name|1575615}}
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