Wolfgang Hutter (December 13, 1928 – September 26, 2014) was a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and stage designer. Hutter's

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ry is characterised by an artificial paradise of gardens and fantastical fairytale-like scenes. His work is said to have been influenced by his psychedelic experiences. Hutter was born in

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. With

Jewish Jews ( he, יְהוּדִים, , ) or Jewish people are an ethnoreligious group and nation originating from the Israelites Israelite origins and kingdom: "The first act in the long drama of Jewish history is the age of the Israelites""The ...

origins,Steven Beller, ''Vienna and the Jews, 1867–1938: A Cultural History'', Cambridge University Press (1990), p. 29 the son of A. P. von Gütersloh, Hutter studied at the

Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna (german: link=no, Akademie der bildenden Künste Wien) is a public art school in Vienna, Austria. History The Academy of Fine Arts Vienna was founded in 1692 as a private academy modelled on the Accademia di Sa ...

under Professor Robin C. Andersen and then under his father. Together with Ernst Fuchs, Maître Leherb (Helmut Leherb),

Rudolf Hausner Rudolf Hausner (4 December 1914, Vienna – 25 February 1995, Mödling) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Hausner has been described as a "psychic realist" and "the first psychoanalytical painter" (Gunter Engelhardt). ...

, Fritz Janschka,

Anton Lehmden Anton Lehmden (2 January 1929 – 7 August 2018) was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, and printmaker. Lehmden was a co-founder, together with Ernst Fuchs, Maître Leherb (Helmut Leherb), Rudolf Hausner, Arik Brauer, Fritz Janschka and Wol ...

and Arik Brauer, he is one of the main representatives and founding members of the

Vienna School of Fantastic Realism The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism (german: Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus) is a group of artists founded in Vienna in 1946. It includes Ernst Fuchs (artist), Ernst Fuchs, Helmut Leherb, Maître Leherb (Helmut Leherb), Arik Brauer ...

. Hutter was awarded the

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Prize at the Venice Biennale in 1954. In 1966, he was appointed a professorship at the

University of Applied Arts Vienna The University of Applied Arts Vienna (german: Universität für angewandte Kunst Wien, or informally just ''Die Angewandte'') is an arts university and institution of higher education in Vienna, the capital of Austria. It has had university sta ...

Bibliography

* O. Breicha, Wolfgang Hutter – Werkkatalog, Vienna 1977. * Tatowierungen. (Foreword Alfred Schmeller) Verlag Grasl, Baden b. Wien 1965 * Berichte aus einer anderen Welt (Introduction Otto Breicha) Waldheim-Eberle Verlagshaus, Wien 1967 * Auflage in zwei Bande (1. "Malerei und Zeichnung; Schriften zu "Kunst und Urwelt" (Preface A. P. Gutersloh). * Graphik; "Über sich selbst nachzudenken" (in Conversation with Wolfgang Hutter), Essay und Werkkatalog Otto Breicha. Verlag Jugend und Volk, Wien— München 1977 * Zauberflote (Monographie über das gleichnamige Portfolio, mit einem beigelegten Text "Zur Zauberflote" von Wolfgang Hutter), Euro-Art-Bucherkreis GmbH, Wien 1974 * Federmenschen (with an introduction by Wolfgang Hutter) (Self-published.)

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early works from Wolfgang Hutter

Wolfgang Hutter Passed Away
Fantastic realism Artists from Vienna 1928 births 2014 deaths Academy of Fine Arts Vienna alumni Austrian contemporary artists Austrian Jews Jewish painters {{austria-artist-stub