!!!Hausner, Rudolf

b. Vienna, Dec. 4, 1914, 
d. Moedling (Lower Austria), Feb. 25, 1995, painter and graphic 
artist. Studied 1931-1936 at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts under C.  
Fahringer and K.  Sterrer. In his first artistic phase was influenced 
by Impressionism and Expressionism. From 1938 exhibition of his work 
prohibited, 1941-1943 military service, 1943 first experiences with 
subconscious projections ("Tatrablick"), which were followed by the 
transformation of psychological experiences into works of art. In 1946 
founded, together with E. Jene, E.  Fuchs, W.  Hutter and F.  Janschka 
a surrealist group in the Austrian Art-Club, A.  Lehmden and A.  
Brauer joined later, in 1959 it developed into the  Vienna School of 
Phantastic Realism. 1948-1956 H. developed the subjects "Adam", 
"Anima" and "Narrenhut" as constantly recurring topoi in his 
paintings. From 1966 university professor in Hamburg, from 1968 
teacher at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts. Austrian State Prize for 
Painting 1970.

!Works
Aporisches Ballett, 1946; Forum der einwaertsgewendeten Optik, 
1948; Die Arche des Odysseus, 1948-1956; "Adam"-Paintings, from 1956; 
Adam, warum zitterst du?, 1964; Aufruf zur Verteidigung der 
persoenlichen Freiheit, 1971; Erschrockener Europaeer, 1980; 
"Leonardo"-Cycle, from 1979; Memoirs, 1987.

!Literature
W. Schmied, R. H., 1970; H. T. Flemming, R. H., 1976; H. Hollaender, R. H., 1985; R. H., Werkverzeichnis, 2 vols., 1975-1994; R. Kassal-Mikula (ed.), Adam und Anima, exhibition catalogue, Hist. Mus. 
d. Stadt Wien, 1994.



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