Francisco Stockinger

Austria-born Brazilian artist

Francisco Stockinger
Stockinger in his studio, 2001
Born	(1919-08-07)August 7, 1919 Traun, Austria
Died	April 12, 2009(2009-04-12) (aged 89) Porto Alegre, Brazil
Known for	Sculpture

Francisco Alexandre Stockinger (August 7, 1919 in Traun, Austria – April 12, 2009 in Porto Alegre, Brazil), also known as Chico Stockinger, was an Austrian artist and naturalized Brazilian. Stockinger is known^{[by whom?]} as one of the main Brazilian modern sculptors, but was also an active printmaker, photographer, cartoonist, and graphic artist. Stockinger arrived in Brazil in 1921 and became a resident of São Paulo in 1929. Stockinger was chairman of the Francisco Lisboa Rio Grande do Sul Association for the Visual Arts (Associação Rio-Grandense de Artes Plásticas Francisco Lisboa) from 1957 to 1978.^[1]