Artist: Fuchs, Ernst
Title: Mädchen mit großem Hut
Technique: Lithograph on Canvas
size: 61 x 77 cm. (24 x 30,3 inch)
Framed: Not framed


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Title: Mädchen mit großem Hut. Hand signed en titeld. Edition: e.a. (Epreuve d'Artist.

Ernst Fuchs (13 February 1930 – 9 November 2015) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, singer and one of the founders of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. In 1972, he acquired the derelict Otto Wagner Villa in Hütteldorf, which he restored and transformed. The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988.

Fuchs studied sculpture with Emmy Steinbock (1943), attended the St. Anna Painting School where he studied under Professor Fröhlich (1944), and entered the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna (1945) where he began his studies under Professor Robin C. Anderson, later moving to the class of Albert Paris von Gütersloh.

About the artist

Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015), born in Vienna, Austria, was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, sculptor, architect, and musician best known for his work in the Fantastic Realism style. He studied from 1945 to 1950 at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris von Gütersloh. In 1948, he co-founded the Viennese School of Fantastic Realism. From 1950 to 1962, he lived in Paris, interrupted by study trips to America, Italy, Spain, and England. In 1957, he stayed for several months in the monastery Dormitio in Jerusalem.

Fuchs cultivated artistic friendships with Salvador Dalí, Jean Cocteau, Arno Breker, Mati Klarwein, Leonor Fini, and the circle around Jean-Paul Sartre. His work combined techniques of the Old Masters with religious and mythological themes, often in a surrealistic or fantastic style. He mastered traditional painting techniques, particularly the Mischtechnik (mixed technique), in which layers of oil paint and egg tempera are combined to create a jewel-like luminosity. After returning to Vienna in 1962, he received a professorship in 1966. From the 1970s onward, he increasingly focused on design and architectural drafts as well as stage design.

Fuchs participated in the Venice Biennale in 1962 and 1984. His work is represented in international collections, including the Belvedere and Albertina in Vienna, and the Museum of Modern Art in New York. He received numerous honors throughout his career. Since 1988, he was temporarily active in Monaco. His legacy is managed by the Ernst Fuchs Museum, housed in the Otto Wagner-designed villa in Vienna that Fuchs himself renovated.

sku: FE001

Excellent condition, never framed.