Karl Duldig's parents were Marcus Duldig and Eidla Nebenzahl.
11 Facts About Karl Duldig
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Karl Duldig studied sculpture under Anton Hanak at the Kunstgewerbeschule from 1921 until 1925.
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Karl Duldig then studied sculpture at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1925 until 1929.
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Karl Duldig played football as a goalkeeper for Hakoah Vienna, and was one of Austria's top tennis players.
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Karl Duldig first travelled to Switzerland without his wife and child, on a temporary visa to play in a tennis tournament, and later that year convinced an official to allow his family to "visit" him there in Zurich, thereby staying a step ahead of the Holocaust.
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From 1945 to 1967 Karl Duldig was art master at Mentone Grammar School.
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Karl Duldig's works are shown at the National Gallery of Victoria, the McClelland Gallery and Sculpture Park, and the Newcastle Region Art Gallery.
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In 1956 Karl Duldig won the Victorian Sculptor of the Year Award.
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Karl Duldig played at Wimbledon in 1962 and 1963 for the Netherlands, and competed in the Australian Open, French Championships, Fed Cup, and in the Maccabiah Games in Israel where she won two gold medals.
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Karl Duldig's granddaughter, Tania de Jong, born in 1964, is an Australian soprano, social entrepreneur, and businesswoman.
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In 1965, after Tania's birth, the family returned to Melbourne, and after she gave birth to two more children Karl Duldig found it challenging to maintain her tennis.