!!!Hauser, Johann, geb. 1926

b. Bratislava (Slovakia), Nov. 30, 1926, 
d. Klosterneuburg (Lower Austria), Jan. 7, 1996, painter. 1946 placed 
under guardianship because of mental deficiency, main representative 
of the group "Artists in  Gugging" (Hospital for Psychiatry and 
Neurology Klosterneuburg, Lower Austria). He draws and paints under 
the direction of doctors as part of his therapy. Primarily because of 
his coloured pen drawings, he became internationally known as one of 
the most important exponents of art brut.

!Literature
L. Navratil, J. H., Kunst aus Manie und Depression, 1978; 
C. Aigner (ed.), J. H., exhibition catalogue, Kunsthalle Krems, 2001.



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