!!!Fuchs, Ernst, geb. 1930

Fuchs, Ernst, b. Vienna, Feb. 13, 1930, painter, graphic artist 
and sculptor. From 1946-1950 studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine 
Arts under R.C.  Andersen and A. P.  Guetersloh, joined the Art Club 
in 1948 and participated in founding an association of artists known 
as "Hundsgruppe" in 1950. Together with F.  Hundertwasser and A.  
Rainer became a member of the "Pintorarium" in 1959. Known as one of 
the principal exponents of the  Vienna School of Fantastic Realism , 
F. acquired his drawing and painting skills by analysing works from 
the Middle Ages to the 19th century. His paintings and graphics, which 
are masterly and detailed works of art, show strongly religious and 
mythological symbolism. Around 1978 F. adopted a new style which was 
characterised by the use of bright colours, a simpler composition of 
the painting and the depiction of characters of Antique and Germanic 
mythology (Lohengrin, Icarus, etc.). Some of these figures are 
depicted in a deliberately exaggerated way.

!Works
Kataklysmen, 1946 (12 linocuts); Maibild, 1949 (etching); 
Einhorn-Zyklus, 1951/52 (etchings); Das Mysterium des Rosenkranzes, 
1958-1961 (altar-pieces Wien-Hetzendorf); Samson, 1960-1962 
(etchings); Zyklus Esther, 1967 (etchings); Grosse Esther, 1972 
(sculpture); Illustrationen zur Kabbala, 1978; Ikarus auf Kothurnen, 
1978; Leda und der Schwan, 1979, Der Pfau, 1986; Die Einkleidung der 
Esther, 1970-1983. - Stage designs (Parsifal/Percival, Lohengrin, 
Zauberfloete/The Magic Flute, Hoffmanns Erzaehlungen); designs for 
objects of everyday life (furniture, fabric, jewellery, etc.).

!Literature
F. ueber F., Bilder und Zeichnungen von 1945-1976, 1977.


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