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Ernst Fuchs

1930-02-13 – 2015-11-09

Portrait of Ernst Fuchs
Austrian painter and sculpor Ernst Fuchs (Vienna 2007Credit: Tsui

Life & Legacy

Ernst Fuchs (13 February 1930 – 9 November 2015) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. 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.

Occupation & Career

architect, painter, university teacher, writer, sculptor, printmaker, graphic artist, poet, composer, singer, designer, performance artist, scenographer, philosopher, ornamental sculptor, watercolorist, etcher, lithographer, draftsperson, theatre designer, artist, musician

Education

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Accomplishments, Inventions & Publications

Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna; City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts; Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class

Legacy Highlights

Honors & Awards

Austrian Decoration for Science and Art First Class · City of Vienna Prize for Fine Arts · Decoration of Honour in Gold for Services to the State of Vienna

Employer

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

Education & Institutions

Academy of Fine Arts Vienna

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Sources & Provenance

  1. Wikidata population candidate Q112856 — wikidata View source

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