!!!Helnwein, Gottfried

b. Vienna, Oct. 8, 1948, painter and graphic artist. From 1969 studied 
at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts with R.  Hausner, started painting 
injured children, from 1975/1976 developed a realistic, photo-like 
painting style, confronting the observer with shocking scenes of 
violence in his paintings; from 1981 painted series of pictures of 
minor heroic figures; from 1985 pictures in several parts, often based 
on such themes as war and National Socialism; from 1994 made use of 
electronic picture processing for his works.

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Other works: illustrations and cover pictures for the magazines 
"profil", "Spiegel" and "Time"; stage sets and costumes for the 
Stadttheater in Heidelberg and the Staatstheater in Stuttgart.

!Literature
G. H., 1981; A. Maeckler, H., 1992; I. Kiblickij (ed.), G. 
H., 1997.


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