Ernst Fuchs (born February 13, 1930) is an Austrian visionary painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. February 13 is the 44th day of the year in the Gregorian calendar. ... Year 1930 (MCMXXX) was a common year starting on Wednesday (link will display 1930 calendar) of the Gregorian calendar. ... Painting by Rembrandt self-portrait Detail from Las Meninas by Diego Velazquez, in which the painter portrayed himself at work For the computer graphics program, see Corel Painter. ... Sculptor redirects here. ... An architect at his drawing board, 1893 An architect is a person who is involved in the planning, designing and oversight of a buildings construction. ... A composer is a person who writes music. ... The poor poet A poet is a person who writes poetry. ... A singer is a musician who uses his or her voice to produce music. ... The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism is a group of artists founded in Vienna in 1946. ...

Life and Work

He studied sculpture with Emmy Steinbock (1943), attended the St. Anna Painting School where he studied under Professor Fröhlich (1944), and entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1945) where he began his studies under Professor Robin C. Anderson, later moving to the class of Albert Paris von Gütersloh. Fröhlich, Froehlich, Frohlich, Frölich, Froelich is a German surname meaning happy : // Fröhlich This list is incomplete; you can help by expanding it. ...

At the Academy he met Arik Brauer, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter, and Anton Lehmden, together with whom he later founded what has become known as the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. He was also a founding member of the Art-Club (1946), as well as the Hundsgruppe, set up in opposition to it in 1951, together with Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Arnulf Rainer. Categories: Possible copyright violations ... This article needs to be cleaned up to conform to a higher standard of quality. ... Wolfgang Hutter (born December 13, 1928, Vienna, Austria) is a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and stage designer. ... Lehmden, Anton (b. ... The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism is a group of artists founded in Vienna in 1946. ... Hundertwasser (left) 1965 in Hannover Hundertwasser 1998 in New Zealand Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (born Friedrich Stowasser December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian painter and sculptor. ... Arnulf Rainer Arnulf Rainer, (born 8 December 1929 in Baden, Austria), is an Austrian painter and is internationally renowned for his abstract informal art. ...

His work of this period was influenced by the art of Gustav Klimt and Egon Schiele and then by Max Pechstein, Heinrich Campendonck, Edvard Munch, Henry Moore and Pablo Picasso. During this time, seeking to achieve the vivid lighting effects achieved by such Old Masters as Albrecht Altdorfer, Albrecht Dürer, Matthias Grünewald and Martin Schongauer, he revived and adopted the mischtechnik (mixed technique) of painting. In the mischtechnik, egg tempera is used to build up volume, and is then glazed with oil paints mixed with resin, producing a jewel-like effect. Gustav Klimt, 1902 Gustav Klimt (July 14, 1862 – February 6, 1918) was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Art Nouveau (Vienna Secession) movement. ... Photograph by Anton Josef Trčka Egon Schiele (June 12, 1890 – October 31, 1918) (pronounced approximately SHEE-luh) was an Austrian painter, a protege of Gustav Klimt, and a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. ... Max Hermann Pechstein (1881-1955) was a German expressionist painter and graphic artist, born in Zwickau. ... Edvard Munchs Tomb, Oslo, Norway Edvard Munch (IPA: , December 12, 1863 – January 23, 1944) was a Norwegian Symbolist painter, printmaker, and an important forerunner of Expressionistic art. ... Reclining Figure (1951) outside the Fitzwilliam Museum, Cambridge, is characteristic of Moores sculptures, with an abstract female figure intercut with voids. ... Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25, 1881 – April 8, 1973) was a Spanish painter and sculptor. ... The Battle of Alexander (1529) Wood, 158,4 x 120,3 cm Alte Pinakothek, Munich Albrecht Altdorfer (c. ... Albrecht Dürer (pronounced /al. ... The Crucifixion, central panel of the Isenheim Altarpiece Matthias Grünewald (1470-1528) is a highly regarded figure from the German Renaissance. ... c. ... Egg tempera is a type of paint used by artists. ... Mona Lisa, Oil on wood panel painting by Leonardo da Vinci. ... Insect trapped in resin. ...

Between 1950 and 1961, Fuchs lived mostly in Paris, and made a number of journeys to the United States and Israel. His favourite reading material at the time was the sermons of Meister Eckehart. He also studied the symbolism of the alchemists and read Jung's Psychology of Alchemy. His favourite examples at the time were the mannerists, especially Jacques Callot, and he was also very much influenced by Jan Van Eyck and Jean Fouquet. In 1958 he founded the Galerie Fuchs-Fischoff in Vienna to promote and support the younger painters of the Fantastic Realism school. Together with Friedensreich Hundertwasser and Arnulf Rainer, he founded the Pintorarium. City flag City coat of arms Motto: Fluctuat nec mergitur (Latin: Tossed by the waves, she does not sink) Paris Eiffel tower as seen from the esplanade du Trocadéro. ... This article or section includes a list of works cited or a list of external links, but its sources remain unclear because it lacks in-text citations. ... In Parmigianinos Madonna with the Long Neck (1534-40), Mannerism makes itself known by elongated proportions, affected poses, and unclear perspective. ... Les misères de la guerre Jacques Callot (c. ... Portrait of a Man in a Turban (actually a chaperon), probably a self-portrait, painted 1433 Jan van Eyck or Johannes de Eyck (c. ... Virgin and Child Surrounded by Angels (c. ... The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism was a group of artists formed in Austria in 1946. ... Hundertwasser (left) 1965 in Hannover Hundertwasser 1998 in New Zealand Friedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser (born Friedrich Stowasser December 15, 1928 – February 19, 2000) was an Austrian painter and sculptor. ... Arnulf Rainer Arnulf Rainer, (born 8 December 1929 in Baden, Austria), is an Austrian painter and is internationally renowned for his abstract informal art. ...

In 1956 he converted to Roman Catholicism (his mother had had him baptized during the war in order to save him from being sent to a concentration camp). In 1957 he entered the Dormition Abbey on Mount Zion where he began work on his monumental Last Supper and devoted himself to producing small sized paintings on religious themes such as Moses and the Burning Bush, culminating in a commission to paint three altar paintings on parchment, the cycle of the Mysteries of the Holy Rosary (1958-61), for the Rosenkranzkirche in Hetzendorf, Vienna. He also deals with contemporary issues in his masterpiece of this period, Psalm 69 (1949-60). (Fuchs, 1978, p. 53). The Roman Catholic Church, most often spoken of simply as the Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church, with over one billion members. ...

Moses painting

He returned to Vienna in 1961 and had a vision of what he called the verschollener Stil (The Hidden Prime of Styles), the theory of which he set forth in his inspired and grandiose book Architectura Caelestis: Die Bilder des verschollenen Stils (Salzburg, 1966). He also produced several important cycles of prints, such as Unicorn (1950-52), Samson (1960-64), Esther (1964-7) and Sphinx (1966-7; all illustrated in Weis). In 1972 he acquired the derelict Otto Wagner Villa in Hütteldorf, which he restored and transformed. The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988. From 1970 on, he embarked on numerous sculptural projects such as Queen Esther (h. 2.63 m, 1972), located at the entrance to the museum, and also mounted on the radiator cap of the Cadillac at the entrance to the Dalí Museum in Figueras, Spain. Image File history File links Fuchs01. ... Image File history File links Fuchs01. ... The gentle and pensive maiden has the power to tame the unicorn, in this fresco in Palazzo Farnese, Rome, probably by Domenichino, ca 1602 The Unicorn (from Latin unus one and cornu horn) is a fictitious legendary creature. ... Samson and Delilah, by Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) This article is about Biblical figure. ... The Great Sphinx of Giza, with the Pyramid of Khafre in the background For other uses, see Sphinx (disambiguation). ... Otto Wagner Otto Koloman Wagner (13 July 1841–11 April 1918) was an Austrian architect. ... Museum building Main courtyard The Teatro Museo (in Spanish language) or Teatre-Museu (in the now preferred Catalan language) or Theatre Museum is the Salvador Dalí Museum in his home town, Figueres, Catalonia, Spain; in full it is called the Teatre Museu Gala Salvador Dalí. The heart of the museum... Image:Figueres1. ...

From 1974 he became involved in designing stage sets and costumes for the operas of Mozart and Richard Wagner including Die Zauberflöte, Parsifal, and Lohengrin. Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (January 27, 1756 – December 5, 1791) was one of the most significant and influential of all composers of Western classical music. ... Wilhelm Richard Wagner (May 22, 1813 – February 13, 1883) was a German composer, conductor, music theorist, and essayist, primarily known for his operas (or music dramas as he later came to call them). ... Die Zauberflöte (en: The Magic Flute) is an opera in two acts composed by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart to a German libretto by Emanuel Schikaneder. ... Parsifal is a music drama in three acts by Richard Wagner. ... Lohengrin is a romantic opera (or music drama) in three acts by Richard Wagner. ...

In 1993 Fuchs was given a retrospective exhibition at the State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg, one of the first Western artists so honored. Russian Museum - Wikipedia /**/ @import /skins/monobook/IE50Fixes. ...

Ernst Fuchs continues to inspire, and has many exponents and disciples including H.R. Giger, Mati Klarwein, Mark Ryden, Robert Venosa, De Es Schwertberger, and his son Michael Fuchs. A new generation of students includes Andrew Gonzalez, Amanda Sage and Antonio Roybal. Birth machine Hans Ruedi Giger (pronounced: GEE-ger) (born at Chur, Grisons canton, February 5, 1940) is a Swiss painter best known for his design work on the film Alien. ... Mati Klarwein (April 9, 1932 – March 7, 2002) was a German painter. ... Mark Ryden Mark Ryden (b. ... Robert Venosa is an Spanish American painter who lives in Boulder, Colorado. ... De Es Schwertberger (born Dieter Schwertberger 1942, Gresten, Austria), commonly known simply as De Es (since 1972), is an Austrian artist, painter and modeller. ... A. Andrew Gonzalez (October 13, 1963) is an award-winning figurative artist whose work has been exhibited worldwide. ... Born 1978 USA. Primarily a painter based in Vienna. ... This article lacks information on the importance of the subject matter. ...

From the Foreword to the publication " Metamorphosis":

"....Even when Fantastic art was strictly forbidden, such as during the period when Russia was ruled by Brezhnev, knowledge of this style of art continued to spread. One of my first students in 1952 in Paris was a very remarkable, talented person, a dancer, painter and tattoo fetishist, Vali Myers from Melbourne. We stayed in contact until her death in 2005. She and Mati Klarwein were my first followers in Paris, so it gives me great pleasure that another Australian admirer of my work should publish this book. Some of the names included here are very familiar to me, or have studied under my guidance and become excellent teachers themselves – artists such as Brigid Marlin and Philip Rubinov Jacobson. This book will carry a fundamental message to art lovers: Fantastic art has survived despite all official attempts to quench its spirit." Ernst Fuchs 2006

Publications

• Architectura caelestis: die Bilder des verschollenen Stils (Salzburg: Residenz, 1966/Pb ed., Dtv, 1973)
• Album der Familie Fuchs (Salzburg: Residenz, 1973)
• Im Zeichen der Sphinx: Schriften und Bilder, ed. Walter Schurian (Munich, Dtv, 1978)
• Aura: Ein Marchen der Sehnsucht (Munich: Dtv, 1981)
• Der Prophet des Schonen: Arno Breker (Marco, 1982)
• Von Jahwe: Gedichte (Munich, 1982)

The transfiguration of the resurrected, egg tempera and oil on wood

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Other publications

• Friedrich Haider: Ernst Fuchs - Zeichnungen und Graphik aus der frühen Schaffensperiode - 1942 bis 1959. Wien: Löcker-Verlag, 2003. ISBN 3-85409-387-X
• 2005 - Fantastic Art (Taschen)(Schurian, Prof. Dr. Walter) ISBN 978-3-8228-2954-7 (English edition)
• 2007 - Metamorphosis (beinArt) ISBN 978-0-9803231-0-8

External links

• Official site
• Ernstfuchs.com - Homage website dedicated to preserve Ernst Fuchs legacy.
• example of very early etchings from Ernst Fuchs
• Homage Website - Homage website with additional info about Fuchs.
• 2001 Interview
• Ernst Fuchs - Fantastic Art Collective
• Labyrinthe Gesellschaft für phantastische und visionäre Künste e.V. - gallery of images by Fuchs and other artists

See also

• De Es Schwertberger, a student of Ernst Fuchs
• Fantastic Realism School of art
• Society for the Art of Imagination
• Philip Rubinov Jacobson, a student of Ernst Fuchs who currently teaches mish technique

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References

• Ernst Fuchs: Zeichnungen und Graphiken, (Ketterer-Kunst, 1967)
• H. Weis, ed.: Ernst Fuchs: Das graphische Werk (Vienna, 1967)
• Ernst Fuchs: Homage à Böcklin, (Frankf./Main/Geneva/Vienna, 1971)
• Ernst Fuchs: oeuvre gravé (Friburg: Musee d’art et d’histoire, 1975)
• Fuchs über Ernst Fuchs: Bilder und Zeichnungen von 1945-1976, ed. R.P. Hartmann (Paris, 1977)
• Ernst Fuchs: Arbeiten für der Hamburger Staatsoper, (Hamburg 1977)
• R. P. Hartmann, ed.: Ernst Fuchs: Das graphische Werk, 1967-1980 (Munich, 1980)
• Ernst Fuchs: Bildalchemie, (Osnabrück: Kulturgesichtliches Mus., c1981)
• Gedichte von Jahwe (Munich: R. P. Hartmann, 1982)
• U. Hotzy, Ernst Fuchs: die Werke aus den Jahren im Ausland (Salzburg, Univ., Diss., 1982)
• Fuchs Graphik: Sydows Katalog einer idealen Sammlung, ed., Heinrich v. Sydow-Zirkwitz (Berlin: Studio 69, 1983)
• Planeta Caelestis (Berlin and Munich, 1987)
• Der Feuerfuchs, ed. R.P. Hartmann (Frankf./Main: Umschau Verlag, 1988)
• Ernst Fuchs und Wein, (Landau/Pfalz: Verein Südliche Weinstarasse, 1995)