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Official Tyrol Mourns for Honorary Bearers

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The official Tyrol around the head of state and cultural expert Anton Mattle is deeply affected by the death of the East Tyrolean artist and sculptor Jos Pirkner, who died on Wednesday 98 years old. Born in Sillian, who was awarded the Honorary Medal of the State of Tyrol in 2001 and the Great Honorary Medal of Merit for the Republic of Austria in 2015, the artist has been one of the most important Austrian artists of the present day and has sha…

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The official Tyrol around the head of state and cultural expert Anton Mattle is deeply affected by the death of the East Tyrolean artist and sculptor Jos Pirkner, who died on Wednesday 98 years old. Born in Sillian, who was awarded the Honorary Medal of the State of Tyrol in 2001 and the Great Honorary Medal of Merit for the Republic of Austria in 2015, the artist has been one of the most important Austrian artists of the present day and has sha…

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Jos Pirkner 2001 with the Honorary Sign of the Province of Tyrol and 2015 with the Grand Honorary Sign of Merit for the Republic of Austria awardedDeeply concerned, the head of state and cultural officer Anton Mattle shows himself about the death of the East Tyrolean artist and sculptor Jos Pirkner, who passed away on Wednesday 98. Born in Sillian, the artist, who was awarded the Honorary Sign of the Province of Tyrol in 2001 and the Great Honor…

The internationally renowned Osttirol sculptor Jos Pirkner passed away at the age of 98. He became famous for his monumental bronze sculptures such as the "Bullen von Fuschl". The Osttirol sculptor Jos Pirkner passed away on Wednesday at the age of 98. With him, Austria lost an outstanding personality in sculpture, whose works have received international recognition for decades. Born in the Netherlands for 25 years, Pirkner was born in 1927 in S…

A great one has left: Jos Pirkner, a native of East Tyrol, became known as a sculptor with his monumental bronze sculptures. He sometimes created the headquarters of Red Bull. Now the artist died at the age of 98.

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Tiroler Tageszeitung Online broke the news in on Thursday, March 12, 2026.
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