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Famous Austrian Painters

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918) Egon Schiele (1890-1918)
Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980) Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000)


Painters

 

Gustav Klimt (1862-1918)

 
  From 1876 to 1883 Gustav Klimt attended the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts and from 1879 he started working with his brother Ernst Klimt on decorative paintings, designed for public buildings in Vienna, Bucharest and Rijeka.  



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Oskar Kokoschka (1886-1980)

 
  In 1907 Oskar Kokoschka started to study at the Vienna School of Arts and Crafts and worked for the Wiener Werkstätte. Kokoschka's interests were not only limited to painting, but also to literature.  



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Egon Schiele (1890-1918)

 
  Egon Schiele studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Art from 1906 to 1909. From 1909 on, his paintings were presented in many exhibitions. During this Periode Schiele became friends with Gustav Klimt, who influenced his work very much.  



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Friedensreich Hundertwasser (1928-2000)

 
  In 1948 Friendensreich Hundertwasser studied at the Vienna Academy of Fine Arts for 4 months. A year later he changed his name to Friedensreich Hundertwasser, which means "full-of-peace hundred-water".  





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