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Valentin Oman

Valentin Oman (Born 1935) is active/lives in Austria.  Valentin Oman is known for Painting.

Born in Austria, Valentin Oman started his artistic training at today's University of Applied Arts in Vienna and attended the master class of Hilda Schmid-Jesser (1894-1986), between 1958 and 1962.  In 1963 he took a special course in printing under Riko Debenjak (1908-1987) in Ljubljana.

Oman is a representative of early avant-garde art in Kärnten and has focused on ecclesiastical art.  The human being is a central motif of his artistic output.  His figures often appear in fragments or even dissolve in an undefined haze.  His works are complex and often re-worked by the artist, in order to emphasize the feeling of depth.

Valentin Oman is an Honorary Doctor of the Universität Klagenfurt and bears the First Class Cross of Honour for Science and Art.  He lives and works in Finkenstein/ Bekštanj, Slowenia. (cbo)

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