The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism (german: Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus) is a group of artists founded in

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in 1946. It includes Ernst Fuchs, Maître Leherb (Helmut Leherb),

Arik Brauer Arik Brauer ( he, אריק בראואר; 4 January 1929 – 24 January 2021) was an Austrian painter, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer-songwriter, stage designer, architect, and academic teacher. Brauer, from a family of Jewish emigrants, grew ...

Wolfgang Hutter Wolfgang Hutter (December 13, 1928 – September 26, 2014) was a painter, draughtsman, printmaker and stage designer. Hutter's imagery is characterised by an artificial paradise of gardens and fantastical fairytale-like scenes. His work is said to ...

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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 Wo ...

, all students of Professor

Albert Paris Gütersloh Albert Paris Gütersloh (born Albert Conrad Kiehtreiber; 5 February 1887 – 16 May 1973) was an Austrian painter and writer. Gütersloh worked as actor, director, and stage designer before he focused on painting in 1921. As a teacher of A ...

at the

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where also Zeev Kun studied in Gütersloh's class. It was Gütersloh's emphasis on the techniques of the Old Masters that gave the fantastic realist painters a grounding in realism (expressed with a clarity and detail some have compared to early Flemish painting) combined with religious and esoteric symbolism. Older members of the group were

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). ...

Kurt Regschek Kurt is a male given name of Germanic or Turkish origin. ''Kurt'' or ''Curt'' originated as short forms of the Germanic Conrad, depending on geographical usage, with meanings including counselor or advisor. In Turkish, Kurt means "Wolf" and i ...

and

Fritz Janschka Fritz Janschka (1919 – April 30, 2016) was an Austrian artist and founding member of the Viennese painting school of Fantastic Realism The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism (german: Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus) is a group of ar ...

who emigrated to the US in 1949. Kurt Regschek, who had helped organize the early exhibitions of the group left the group in 1965. Hausner, Fuchs, Hutter, Brauer and Lehmden were referred to as "The Big Five" who subsequently held successful exhibitions worldwide with international recognition from 1965 onward.

Books

* 1974: ''Die Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realismus'' (C. Bertelsmann) (Johann Muschik) * 2005: ''Fantastic Art'' (

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)(Schurian, Prof. Dr. Walter) (English edition) * 2003: ''Die Phantasten – Die Wiener Schule des Phantastischen Realisums'' (Stdtgemeinde Tulln) * 2007: ''Metamorphosis'' (beinArt) * 2008: ''Phantastischer Realismus'' (Belvedere, Wien)

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The Vienna School of Fantastic Realism
* Kurt Regschek (German Wikipedia) 1946 establishments in Austria Academy of Fine Arts Vienna Art movements Arts organizations established in 1946 Austrian art Austrian artist groups and collectives Fantastic realism {{art-org-stub

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