Eisler, Georg#
b. Vienna, April 20, 1928, d. Vienna, Jan. 15, 1998, painter; son of Hanns Eisler. Fled to England, where he studied under O. Kokoschka, then 1946-1948 at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna; 1968-1972 president of the Vienna Secession. Realistic/expressive painting style dealing with social and political themes.
Works#
Die roten Struempfe, 1966; Phoenix-Club I - IV, 1968/69; Strasse mit Laufenden I - VIII, 1968/69; Portrait of G. Lukacs.Literature#
O. Breicha, G. E., 1970; G. E., exhibition catalogue, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, 1979; G. E. Bilder aus den Jahren 1943-1997, 1997.