About
German-Austrian sculptor who created "character heads", a series of busts with contorted faces, including the piece A Hypocrite and Slanderer.
Before Fame
He spent two years in Graz, working in the workshop of his maternal uncle.
Trivia
He said the purpose of his "character heads" was to represent 64 "canonical grimaces" of the human face.
Family Life
He was raised by his uncle, the sculptor Johann Baptist Straub.
Associated With
He and Graeme Lloyd both suffered from Crohn's disease.
