The Great Golden Honorary Award for Valentin Oman

The important Carinthian artist Valentin Oman received the Great Golden Honorary Award from the Country Governor Peter Kaiser and his deputy Gaby Schaunig. Numerous important guests, among them also Oman’s wife Elisabeth, were present at the award ceremony. Valentin Oman was born on December 14th, 1935 in St. Stefan near Villach, he finished secondary school in Tanzenberg, studied at the University of Vienna and at the Academy of Fine Arts in Ljubljana. Among his numerous masterpieces are the artistic decoration of The Slovenian Gymnasium in Klagenfurt and as well the wall paintings and the Piran’s crossway in the Tanzenberg Church. Oman is also a Honorary Doctor of the University in Klagenfurt and a corresponding member of the Slovenian Academy of Sciences and Arts. He lives and works in Vienna and Finkenstein.