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1930 - 2015

Ernst Fuchs

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An Austrian artist and draughtsman of Jewish descent, engraver and sculptor, architect and stage designer, master of monumental painting and book illustration, as well as a composer and poet. Ernst Fuchs was one of the founders of the famous Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, the creator and active implementer of the Vienna Art Club and the organization “Hundsgruppe”.

The artist became world famous working in France, Germany, the USA, Israel and Spain. In 1993, Ernst Fuchs was one of the first Western artists to be honored to hold a large retrospective exhibition at The State Russian Museum in St. Petersburg; later his exhibition was held at The State Tretyakov Gallery in Moscow. The master who opened his exhibitions noticed, “One of the highest manifestations of art is Old Russian painting”.

The artist, whose paintings impressed his friend Salvador Dali, purchased and restored the Villa of Otto Wagner in Hutteldorf, where he organized The Museum of Ernst Fuchs in 1988. It is currently one of the largest cultural centers of Austria and represents the largest collection of the paintings of the master whose nickname was Fire-Fox.

The painting of Ernst Fuchs is hoax and dissonance, challenge to society (especially in the nude genre), but at the same time a continuous and creative dialogue with old masters. Incredibly famous and productive Austrian master created works in absolutely different art genres – from incredibly skillful paintings and architecture to literature and music.

Key ideas:

– The thematic worlds of the young artist are defined by the Christian and Jewish mysticism, as well as a deep psychology, reflecting the pain and suffering caused by world wars. Fuchs created series of expressionistic works, with which he participated in the first post-war biennale in Venice.

– In his mature period, the artist worked in the style he himself invented, which I. Muschik first called “fantastical realism” at the end of 1950s. This special branch of Surrealism, keeping its challenges and provocations, implies art interactions of painting with modern radical art movements.

– In an effort to achieve bright lighting effects, seen from such old masters as Durer and Grunewald, Ernst Fuchs revived the mixed technique: he used egg tempera to create the volume, and then glazed the painting with oil paints, mixed with resin. The created effect resembled a gem.

– The artist studied the symbols of alchemists, adding images actively used by Manerists, especially by J. Callot, and also by Jan van Eyck and Jean Fouquet, whose works had a great influence on Ernst.

– The artist’s images were mystical visions depicted realistically. His art was perpetuated in traumatic memories of war, from which the artist attempted to escape in his fantastic paintings. He said that prince Myshkin created his spiritual homeland.

Ernst Fuchs

On Artist

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Fantastic realism

Expressionism

Symbolism

Dada

Surrealism

friends

Giorgio de Chirico

Felice Casorati

Salvador Dali

artists

Gustav Klimt

Egon Schiele

Edward Munch

Henry Moore

Pablo Picasso

Jan van Eyck

Jean Fouquet

By Artist

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Abstract expressionism

friends

Arik Brower

Rudolph Hausner

Wolfgang Hatter

artists

Friedensreich Hundertwasser

Adam Rainer

Zvi Mallovicer

De Es Schwerthberger

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Mediums: paper, pastel, tempera. Location: The Ernst Fuchs Museum, Vienna (Austria).

2009

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Mediums: acrylic, wood. Location: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna (Austria).

1995

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Mediums: oil, canvas. Location: The Museum of Ernst Fuchs, Vienna (Austria).

1993

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Mediums: oil, wood, tempera. Location: private collection.

1972

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Mediums: wood, tempera. Location: Österreichische Galerie Belvedere, Vienna (Austria).

1967

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Mediums: wood, tempera, oil Location: The Museum of Ernst Fuchs, Vienna (Austria).

1962

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Mediums: oil, tempera, canvas. Location: The Ernst Fuchs Museum, Vienna (Austria).

1960

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Mediums: paper, watercolor, pencil. Location: private collection.

1949

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Mediums: wood, tempera, oil and glaze. Location: private collection.

1947

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Mediums: oil, wood. Location: The Museum of Ernst Fuchs, Vienna (Austria).

1945