Karl Rössing (25 September 1897, in

Gmunden Gmunden () is a town in Upper Austria, in the district of Gmunden (district), Gmunden. It has 13,204 inhabitants (estimates 2016 ). Geography Gmunden covers an area of and has a median elevation of . It is situated next to the lake Traunsee on t ...

– 19 August 1987, in

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) was an Austrian painter, graphic artist, and illustrator, best remembered for his

surrealist Surrealism is an art movement, art and cultural movement that developed in Europe in the aftermath of World War I in which artists aimed to allow the unconscious mind to express itself, often resulting in the depiction of illogical or dreamlike s ...

and new objective works. He works have been exhibited at the

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, the

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, the

Kunsthalle Bremen The Kunsthalle Bremen is an art museum in Bremen, Germany. It is located close to the Bremen Old Town on the "Culture Mile" (). The Kunsthalle was built in 1849, enlarged in 1902 by architect Eduard Gildemeister, and expanded several more times, ...

, the

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, the National Gallery in Berlin, the

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, and the

Staatsgalerie Stuttgart The Staatsgalerie Stuttgart (, "State Gallery") is an art museum in Stuttgart, Germany, it opened in 1843. In 1984, the opening of the Neue Staatsgalerie (''New State Gallery'') designed by James Stirling transformed the once provincial galler ...

. His works have also been catalogued by the

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. He was made a

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of the

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, and received the

Heinrich Gleißner Prize The Heinrich Gleißner Prize is an Upper Austrian Cultural Award named after Heinrich Gleißner Heinrich Philipp Gleißner (26 January 1893, Linz – 18 January 1984, in Linz) was an Austrian politician and lawyer who unsuccessfully ran for the ...

in 1985.

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1897 births 1987 deaths 20th-century Austrian painters 20th-century Austrian engravers 20th-century Austrian illustrators Austrian graphic artists Austrian printmakers Austrian surrealist artists {{Austria-artist-stub