!!!Rainer, Arnulf

b. Baden (Lower Austria), Dec. 8, 1929, painter. Important 
representative of abstract informal art in Austria. Initially 
influenced by surrealism (founded the "Hundsgruppe" 1950 with E.  
Fuchs, A.  Brauer and J.  Mikl), from 1954 turned to the "destruction 
of form" such as painting in black or completely or partially painting 
over prints and photos, a style that has dominated his work ever 
since; occasional similarities with  Wiener Aktionismus (body 
paintings, working under the influence of drugs). 1978 Austrian 
representative at the Biennale in Venice and recipient of the Grand 
Austrian State Prize, 1981-1997 professor at the Academy of Fine Arts 
in Vienna. In 1993 the A. R. Museum was opened in New York.

!Literature
Raineriana, Aufsaetze zum Werk von A. R., ed. by O. 
Rychlik, 1989; E.-G. Giese, A. R. Malerei 1980-1990, 1990; J. Schuett, 
A. R. Ueberarbeitungen, 1994; C. Aigner et al. (eds.), A. R. 
Retrospektive 1947-1997, 1997; W. Hofmann, A. R. konstruktive 
Destruktion, 1997; I. Brugger (ed.), A. R. - Gegen.Bilder, exhibition 
catalogue, Vienna 2000; R. H. Fuchs, A. R. Noch vor der Sprache, 
exhibition catalogue, Stedelijk Museum, Amsterdam 2000.


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