Hans Brandstetter

Brandstetter was born in Hitzendorf.

He was a pupil of Edmund von Hellmer at the Academy of Arts, Vienna.

His first works, "The Flight of Lot from Sodom," “The Flute-Player," and "Plato," were honored with the prize given by the Academy.

Among his later productions, the following are especially noteworthy: “The Forest Lily,” a bronze statue (City Park, Graz), “Prometheus,” and “The Return of the Prodigal.” He died, aged 70, in Graz.

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Styria by Hans Brandstetter; it decorated Graz 's main bridge, but since the bridge's reconstruction resides in the city park