Gisel­bert HOKE was born on Sep­tem­ber 12, 1927 in Warns­dorf in north­ern Bohemia. The years 1943 to 1945 were char­ac­ter­ized by war and cap­tiv­i­ty. In 1944 he lost his right arm. From 1946 to 1956, Robin C. Ander­sen, Rec­tor of the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na, allowed the artist to work in his mas­ter school. From 1953 to 1954, he spent a peri­od of study in Paris. In 1961, he acquired Saager Cas­tle on the Drau in Carinthia. From 1962 to 1973, Hoke devot­ed him­self to revi­tal­iz­ing the cas­tle and set­ting up a work­shop. In 1974, he was appoint­ed to the Fac­ul­ty of Archi­tec­ture at Graz Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy. Between 1982 and 1987, he repeat­ed­ly taught cours­es at the Inter­na­tion­al Sum­mer Acad­e­my in Salzburg. Study trips took him to North and South Amer­i­ca and the Far East. From 1973 he exhib­it­ed exten­sive­ly. Gisel­bert Hoke died on April 18, 2015 in Kla­gen­furt. 1969 — first exhi­bi­tion in the Welz gallery.

Gisel­bert HOKE was born on Sep­tem­ber 12, 1927 in Warns­dorf in north­ern Bohemia. The years 1943 to 1945 were char­ac­ter­ized by war and cap­tiv­i­ty. In 1944 he lost his right arm. From 1946 to 1956, Robin C. Ander­sen, Rec­tor of the Acad­e­my of Fine Arts in Vien­na, allowed the artist to work in his mas­ter school. From 1953 to 1954, he spent a peri­od of study in Paris. In 1961, he acquired Saager Cas­tle on the Drau in Carinthia. From 1962 to 1973, Hoke devot­ed him­self to revi­tal­iz­ing the cas­tle and set­ting up a work­shop. In 1974, he was appoint­ed to the Fac­ul­ty of Archi­tec­ture at Graz Uni­ver­si­ty of Tech­nol­o­gy. Between 1982 and 1987, he repeat­ed­ly taught cours­es at the Inter­na­tion­al Sum­mer Acad­e­my in Salzburg. Study trips took him to North and South Amer­i­ca and the Far East. From 1973 he exhib­it­ed exten­sive­ly. Gisel­bert Hoke died on April 18, 2015 in Kla­gen­furt. 1969 — first exhi­bi­tion in the Welz gallery.


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