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- Josef Abel (1768 – 4.October 1818) The Austrian painter and etcherbecame famous through his painting of the Austrian emperor Franz Joseph.
- Rudolf von Alt (28.August 1812 – 12.March 1905) The landscape and architecturalpainter was very famous in Austria. His most famous work is the painting of theStephandsom.
- Friedrich von Amerling (14.April 1803 –14.January 1887) The outstanding portrait painter ofthe court became most famous for his picture of Francis the Second and “TheOriental”.
- Ferdinand Bauer (20.January 1760 – 17.March1826) He was a botanical illustrator, whofascinated everybody with his skills for details. After his trip to Australiathe Cape Bauer was named after him.
- Herbert Bayer (1900 -1985) The Austrian graphic designer triedto create an universal typeface.
- Arik Brauer (1929) He is the cofounder of the ViennaSchool of Fantastic Realism.
- Albin Egger-Lienz (29.January 1868 – 4.November1926) Alin concentrated more on rusticand historical paintings, especially on showing the struggles of workers.
- Valie Export (17.March 1940) The modern Austrian artist combinesvideo and computer technology with other artistic features. She received theOscar Kokoschka Award in 2000.
- Bernd Fasching (18.July 1955) Just recentlyl Fasching created theproject “Westwerk” in the Stephsndom.
- Hans Figura (13.February 1930 He was one of the founders of theVienna School of Fantastic Realism, the Arts Club and the Pinotarium. He calledhis style the “hidden prime of styles”.
- Joseph von Fuehrich (9.February 1800 – 13.March1876) The Austrian Painter concentratedhis paintings mostly on romantic and religious art.
- Richard Gerstl (14.September 1883 – 4.November1908) He focused his expressive artmainly on the psychological aspect of human nature. It is said, that his affairwith the wife of Arnold Schoenberg lead to his suicide.
- Bruno Gironcoli (27. September 1936) The very famous Austrian modernartist fascinates people by his large futuristic sculptures.
- Ernst Haas (2.March 1921 – 12.September 1986) The Austrian photographer was amember of the Magnum Photos Agency. He is famous for his specific photographystyle and innovations in the area of light, form and color.
- Rudolf Hausner (4.December 1914 – 25.Febuary1995) Hausner was also a co-founder ofthe Vienna school of Fantastic Realism. He is famous for his psychoanalyticalrealistic style and has been criticized a lot by the church for this approachin painting.
- Gottfried Helnwein (8.October 1948) His works are often consideredcontroversial. Through his realistic style expressed mainly by watercolors hecreates very special pictures. The main topics of his paintings are politicaland historical issues connected with anxiety. Most of his pictures includechildren. The most famous one is “Epiphany I”.
- Alfred Hrdlicka (27. February 1928) The Austrian Sculpturist is mostfamous for his “Memorial against war and fascism” on the Albertina platz inVienna.
- Friedensreich Hundertwasser (15.December 1928 –19.February 2000) Hundertwasser called his paintingtheory “transautomatism”. In fact, he created a new genre in art. His paintingsand later buildings are of specific uneven forms and very bright colors. Hismost famous work is the “Hunderwasserhaus”, a building in Vienna. - Gustav Klimt (14.July 1862 – 6.Februar 1918) The Austrian symbolic painter isone of the most known painters of the Vienna Secession movement. He used realgold in his paintings. The most famous one is the “Kiss”. His paintings are belongingto the most expensive in the world, costing more than 100 million dollars each.
- Oskar Kokoschka (1.March 1886 – 22.February 1980) Kokoschka is one of the most famousexpressionists of Austria.
- Hans Makart (28.May 1840 – 3.October 1884) The “Makartstil” influenced allVienna at that time. Makart was famous and people adored him. His pictures showan astonishing aestheticism through great colors (he used cement in hispictures).
- Inge Morath (27.May 1923 – 30.January 2002) The Austrian-born photographer wasthe first female member of the Magnum Photos. Her photos became well-knownduring her life0time. She emigrated to the USA, where she died of cancer.
- Hermann Nitsch (29.August 1938) The Austrian actionist paintercreates his works with blood, sometimes even slaughtered animals and whitebackgrounds.
- Eva M. Paar (16.August 1977) She created her style “RelaxedFormation” by her own. She portrays people through lines, which differ inwidth, and are first making out an form, when seen from distance.
- Arnulf Rainer (8.December 1929) The Austrian painter isinternationally known for his abstract modern art.
- Johann Michael Rottmayr (11.December 1656 –25.October 1730) Rottmayr was one of the firstnotable Austrian baroque painters.
- Egon Schiele (12.June 1890 – 31.October 1918) Schiele is seen as one of the mostfamous and most controversial expressionist painters in Austria. His works portrayedvery young girls naked, what was seen by many as pornographic. Although he wasoften accused, he gained great popularity. He died of the Spanish flu with his wife, who was pregnant.
- Moritz von Schwind (1804-1871) Schwind got his inspiration frommusic, mainly from Schubert. His paintings depict mostly the life of bourgeoisie.
- Carola Unterberger-Probst (9.May 1978) She is an internationally knownartist in digital art.
- Aloys Wach (30.April 1892 – 18.April 1940) The Expressionist showed famousmotifs in a totally new way.
- Ferdinand Georg Waldmueller (15.January 1793 –23.August 1865) His most famous picture is theportrait of Beethoven.
- Olga Wisinger-Florian (1.November 1844 – 27.February 1926) She was a famous representative ofimpressionism.
- Fritz Wotruba (23.April 1907 – 28.August 1975) Wotruba is the most notable of the20th century Austrian sculptors. His most famous work is themonument “Man, condemn war!”
- Erwin Wurm (1954) The Austrian artist tries tocaptures important questions through “One Minute Sculptures”. He was theinspiration Red Hot Chili Pepper song “Can’t Stop”.
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