Horst Woitalla
Jan. 7, 1934-Jan. 24, 2016
Fredericksburg artist Horst Woitalla died on Jan. 24 at age 82.
Horst, a retired architect, and his wife, Carol, moved to Fredericksburg in 1993, at which time Horst launched his career as a professional artist. He became famous for his paintings of Texas Hill Country scenery and buildings, such as the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the Vereins Kirche, which is featured on Fredericksburg and Montabaur,
Germany, sister city welcome signs. Woitallaโs mural depicting the history of Fredericksburg adorns the north wall of the cityโs Exhibition Hall at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds.
He was an award-winning member of the Kerrville Art Club and โDie Kuฬnstler von Fredericksburgโ (The Artists of Fredericksburg). Woitallaโs paintings were featured on the posters and memorabilia for the 2006 Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest and 2012 Fredericksburg Oktoberfest. His works -- watercolors, acrylics and oils -- are part of private collections in Canada, Germany, Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas.
Horst was born in Berlin, Germany. He immigrated to the USA in 1954 at age 20 after fleeing from the Soviet Sector of Berlin to the American
sector of West Berlin.
While his early interest in drawing and sculpting began as a youth in Germany, he continued his formal education within the curriculum leading to a degree in architecture (Environmental Design) at the University of California at Berkeley.
Woitalla, who served in the U.S. Army before completing his college degree, worked as an architect for the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) from 1963 to 1992 and was stationed in Nuremberg, Dallas, Honolulu and Munich.
His hobbies included soccer coaching -- he held a U.S. Soccer Federation โCโ license โ and bicycling, and he advocated for cyclistsโ
rights in the Texas Hill Country.
Horst is survived by his wife, Carol, his children, Susanne Pharmakis (her husband, Rusty) of Eustace, Texas, and Michael Woitalla (his
wife, Holly Kernan) of Oakland, Calif., and his grandchildren, William Thor Pharmakis, Alexander Pharmakis, Julia Kernan-Woitalla, Tara Wright, Preston Losack and Luke Woodell.
A celebration of Horst Woitallaโs life is planned for a later date.
Jan. 7, 1934-Jan. 24, 2016
Fredericksburg artist Horst Woitalla died on Jan. 24 at age 82.
Horst, a retired architect, and his wife, Carol, moved to Fredericksburg in 1993, at which time Horst launched his career as a professional artist. He became famous for his paintings of Texas Hill Country scenery and buildings, such as the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the Vereins Kirche, which is featured on Fredericksburg and Montabaur,
Germany, sister city welcome signs. Woitallaโs mural depicting the history of Fredericksburg adorns the north wall of the cityโs Exhibition Hall at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds.
He was an award-winning member of the Kerrville Art Club and โDie Kuฬnstler von Fredericksburgโ (The Artists of Fredericksburg). Woitallaโs paintings were featured on the posters and memorabilia for the 2006 Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest and 2012 Fredericksburg Oktoberfest. His works -- watercolors, acrylics and oils -- are part of private collections in Canada, Germany, Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas.
Horst was born in Berlin, Germany. He immigrated to the USA in 1954 at age 20 after fleeing from the Soviet Sector of Berlin to the American
sector of West Berlin.
While his early interest in drawing and sculpting began as a youth in Germany, he continued his formal education within the curriculum leading to a degree in architecture (Environmental Design) at the University of California at Berkeley.
Woitalla, who served in the U.S. Army before completing his college degree, worked as an architect for the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) from 1963 to 1992 and was stationed in Nuremberg, Dallas, Honolulu and Munich.
His hobbies included soccer coaching -- he held a U.S. Soccer Federation โCโ license โ and bicycling, and he advocated for cyclistsโ
rights in the Texas Hill Country.
Horst is survived by his wife, Carol, his children, Susanne Pharmakis (her husband, Rusty) of Eustace, Texas, and Michael Woitalla (his
wife, Holly Kernan) of Oakland, Calif., and his grandchildren, William Thor Pharmakis, Alexander Pharmakis, Julia Kernan-Woitalla, Tara Wright, Preston Losack and Luke Woodell.
A celebration of Horst Woitallaโs life is planned for a later date.
Horst Woitalla
Jan. 7, 1934-Jan. 24, 2016
Fredericksburg artist Horst Woitalla died on Jan. 24 at age 82.
Horst, a retired architect, and his wife, Carol, moved to Fredericksburg in 1993, at which time Horst launched his career as a professional artist. He became famous for his paintings of Texas Hill Country scenery and buildings, such as the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the Vereins Kirche, which is featured on Fredericksburg and Montabaur,
Germany, sister city welcome signs. Woitallaโs mural depicting the history of Fredericksburg adorns the north wall of the cityโs Exhibition Hall at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds.
He was an award-winning member of the Kerrville Art Club and โDie Kuฬnstler von Fredericksburgโ (The Artists of Fredericksburg). Woitallaโs paintings were featured on the posters and memorabilia for the 2006 Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest and 2012 Fredericksburg Oktoberfest. His works -- watercolors, acrylics and oils -- are part of private collections in Canada, Germany, Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas.
Horst was born in Berlin, Germany. He immigrated to the USA in 1954 at age 20 after fleeing from the Soviet Sector of Berlin to the American
sector of West Berlin.
While his early interest in drawing and sculpting began as a youth in Germany, he continued his formal education within the curriculum leading to a degree in architecture (Environmental Design) at the University of California at Berkeley.
Woitalla, who served in the U.S. Army before completing his college degree, worked as an architect for the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) from 1963 to 1992 and was stationed in Nuremberg, Dallas, Honolulu and Munich.
His hobbies included soccer coaching -- he held a U.S. Soccer Federation โCโ license โ and bicycling, and he advocated for cyclistsโ
rights in the Texas Hill Country.
Horst is survived by his wife, Carol, his children, Susanne Pharmakis (her husband, Rusty) of Eustace, Texas, and Michael Woitalla (his
wife, Holly Kernan) of Oakland, Calif., and his grandchildren, William Thor Pharmakis, Alexander Pharmakis, Julia Kernan-Woitalla, Tara Wright, Preston Losack and Luke Woodell.
A celebration of Horst Woitallaโs life is planned for a later date.
Jan. 7, 1934-Jan. 24, 2016
Fredericksburg artist Horst Woitalla died on Jan. 24 at age 82.
Horst, a retired architect, and his wife, Carol, moved to Fredericksburg in 1993, at which time Horst launched his career as a professional artist. He became famous for his paintings of Texas Hill Country scenery and buildings, such as the Admiral Nimitz Museum and the Vereins Kirche, which is featured on Fredericksburg and Montabaur,
Germany, sister city welcome signs. Woitallaโs mural depicting the history of Fredericksburg adorns the north wall of the cityโs Exhibition Hall at the Gillespie County Fairgrounds.
He was an award-winning member of the Kerrville Art Club and โDie Kuฬnstler von Fredericksburgโ (The Artists of Fredericksburg). Woitallaโs paintings were featured on the posters and memorabilia for the 2006 Fredericksburg Food & Wine Fest and 2012 Fredericksburg Oktoberfest. His works -- watercolors, acrylics and oils -- are part of private collections in Canada, Germany, Arizona, California, Colorado and Texas.
Horst was born in Berlin, Germany. He immigrated to the USA in 1954 at age 20 after fleeing from the Soviet Sector of Berlin to the American
sector of West Berlin.
While his early interest in drawing and sculpting began as a youth in Germany, he continued his formal education within the curriculum leading to a degree in architecture (Environmental Design) at the University of California at Berkeley.
Woitalla, who served in the U.S. Army before completing his college degree, worked as an architect for the Army and Air Force Exchange
Service (AAFES) from 1963 to 1992 and was stationed in Nuremberg, Dallas, Honolulu and Munich.
His hobbies included soccer coaching -- he held a U.S. Soccer Federation โCโ license โ and bicycling, and he advocated for cyclistsโ
rights in the Texas Hill Country.
Horst is survived by his wife, Carol, his children, Susanne Pharmakis (her husband, Rusty) of Eustace, Texas, and Michael Woitalla (his
wife, Holly Kernan) of Oakland, Calif., and his grandchildren, William Thor Pharmakis, Alexander Pharmakis, Julia Kernan-Woitalla, Tara Wright, Preston Losack and Luke Woodell.
A celebration of Horst Woitallaโs life is planned for a later date.
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