Oskar Icha

He studied sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where his primary instructor was Anton Hanak.^[1] During his time there, he received several awards, including the Academy's Gundel-Prize for excellence. In 1921, he was awarded the Reichel-Prize [de].^[2]

He created several war memorials, notably in Aspern, cemetery sculptures for the funeral hall at the Neustifter Friedhof [de],^[1] and the "Risen Christ" at the Jedleseer Friedhof [de]. In 1927, he created a relief of Beethoven at the Erdődy Estate [de] in Jedlesee which, until 2013, was used as a monument to the composer.^[3] In 1930, the city of Vienna commissioned several reliefs for community buildings and, in 1931, he received a gold medal from the Albrecht-Dürer-Bund, an artists' society founded in 1851.^[4]

In 1935, he took part in a competition for a monument to labor on the Schmerlingplatz [de] and, the following year, for one dedicated to Emperor Franz Joseph I.^[5] He was a member of the Vienna Kunstgemeinschaft [de], and participated in their exhibitions at the Palmenhaus.^[6]

He committed suicide in 1945, and was interred at the Jedleseer Friedhof. In 1971, a street in Vienna's Donaufeld [de] district was named after him.^[1]

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