Oskar Icha

Oskar Icha (11 October 1886, Vienna – 1 October 1945, Vienna) was an Austrian sculptor who specialized in reliefs.

Life and work He studied sculpting at the Academy of Fine Arts, Vienna, where his primary instructor was Anton Hanak. During his time there, he received several awards, including the Academy's Gundel-Prize for excellence. In 1921, he was awarded the .

He created several war memorials, notably in Aspern, cemetery sculptures for the funeral hall at the , 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.

In 1935, he took part in a competition for a monument to labor on the and, the following year, for one dedicated to Emperor Franz Joseph I. He was a member of the , and participated in their exhibitions at the Palmenhaus.

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