List of Austrian artists and architects
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- Josef AbelJosef AbelJosef Abel was an Austrian historical painter and etcher.Abel was born in Aschach an der Donau, Upper Austria. He visited the Academy in Vienna, which was at the time directed by Friedrich Heinrich Füger, and was one of his best scholars...
, painter (1768-1818) - Raimund AbrahamRaimund AbrahamRaimund Johann Abraham was an Austrian architect.- Life :Raimund Johann Abraham was born in Lienz, Tyrol. He studied architecture at the Technical University in Graz and in 1959 established an architectural studio in Vienna, where he soon emerged as a leading avant-gardist. In 1964 he moved to the...
, architect (1933-2010) - Joseph Matthäus Aigner, painter (1818-1886)
- Oz AlmogOz AlmogOz Almog, an Israeli–Austrian artist was born on April 15, 1956, in Kfar Saba, Israel. He comes from a family of Russian/Ukrainian pioneers and Romanian/Russian immigrants...
, painter and author (1956- ) - Rudolf von Alt, painter (1812-1905)
- Friedrich von AmerlingFriedrich von AmerlingFriedrich von Amerling was an Austro-Hungarian portrait painter in the court of Franz Josef. He was born in Vienna and was court painter between 1835 and 1880...
, painter (1803-1887) - Alfons Anders, painter and sculptor, expressionist (1928-1998)
- Dagmar Anders, painter, fine art (1949- )
- Irene Andessner, born 1954 in Salzburg
- Christian AtterseeChristian AtterseeChristian Ludwig Attersee Christian Ludwig Attersee Christian Ludwig Attersee (born Christian Ludwig on 28 August 1940 in Bratislava is an Austrian artist.-Biography:After he had spent his youth in Upper Austria (also at the Attersee, that's where his artist's name comes from), Attersee began...
, artist (popart) (1940- )
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- Ferdinand BauerFerdinand BauerFerdinand Lucas Bauer was an Austrian botanical illustrator who travelled on Matthew Flinders' expedition to Australia.-Biography:...
, botanical illustrator (1760-1826) - Herbert BayerHerbert BayerHerbert Bayer was an Austrian American graphic designer, painter, photographer, sculptor, art director, environmental & interior designer, and architect, who was widely recognized as the last living member of the Bauhaus and was instrumental in the development of the Atlantic Richfield Company's...
, graphic designer, typographer, photographer, painter, architect (1900-1985) - Franz von BayrosFranz von BayrosFranz von Bayros was an Austrian commercial artist, illustrator, and painter best known for his controversial "Tales at the Dressing Table" portfolio. Von Bayros belonged to the Decadent movement in art, often relying on erotic themes and phantasmagoric imagery.Von Bayros was born in Zagreb, in...
, artist (1866-1924) - Arik BrauerArik BrauerArik Brauer is an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer and stage designer. He resides in Vienna and Ein Hod, Israel. Brauer is a co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism, together with Ernst Fuchs, Rudolf Hausner, Wolfgang Hutter and Anton Lehmden.Erich...
, painter, born in Vienna, (1929- )
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- Albin Egger-LienzAlbin Egger-LienzAlbin Egger-Lienz was an Austrian painter.He was born in Dölsach-Stribach near Lienz, in what was the county of Tyrol...
, painter (1868-1926) - Fanny ElsslerFanny ElsslerFanny Elssler - 27 November 1884), born Franziska Elßler, was an Austrian ballerina of the 'Romantic Period'.- Life :Daughter of Johann Florian Elssler, a second generation employee of Prince Esterhazy in Eisenstadt. Both Johann and his brother Josef were employed as copyists to the Prince's...
, dancer (1810-1884) - Johann Bernhard Fischer von ErlachJohann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach----Johann Bernhard Fischer von Erlach, born Johann Bernhard Fischer was probably the most influential Austrian architect of the Baroque period....
, architect (1656-1723) - Valie ExportValie ExportValie Export is an Austrian artist...
, media artist (1940- )
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- Bernd FaschingBernd FaschingBernd Fasching is an Austrian painter and sculptor. He lives and works in Vienna.- Life and work:In 2000 Fasching opened his project Westwerk in the more than 800 years old Vienna St. Stephan’s Cathedral...
, painter and sculptor, born in Vienna, (1955- ) - Josef FrankJosef Frank (architect)Josef Frank was an Austrian-born architect, artist, and designer who adopted Swedish citizenship in the latter half of his life. Together with Oskar Strnad, he created the Vienna School of Architecture, and its concept of Modern houses, housing and interiors.- Life :Josef Frank was of Jewish...
, architect - Ernst FuchsErnst Fuchs (artist)Ernst Fuchs is 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...
, painter and sculptor, born in Vienna, (1930- ) - Joseph von FührichJoseph von FührichJoseph von Führich , Austrian painter, was born at Kratzau in Bohemia. Also known as Josef Ritter von Führich....
, painter born in Kratzau, Austria-HungaryAustria-HungaryAustria-Hungary , more formally known as the Kingdoms and Lands Represented in the Imperial Council and the Lands of the Holy Hungarian Crown of Saint Stephen, was a constitutional monarchic union between the crowns of the Austrian Empire and the Kingdom of Hungary in...
(1800-1876)
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- Richard GerstlRichard GerstlRichard Gerstl was an Austrian painter and draughtsman known for his expressive psychologically insightful portraits, his lack of critical acclaim during his lifetime, and his affair with the wife of Arnold Schoenberg which led to his suicide.Richard Gerstl was born in a prosperous civil family,...
, painter (1883-1908) - Bruno GironcoliBruno GironcoliBruno Gironcoli was one of Austria's most famous modern artists.Born in Villach, Gironcoli began training as a goldsmith in 1951 in Innsbruck, completing his apprenticeship in 1956. Between 1957 and 1962 he studied in the University of Applied Arts Vienna...
, sculptor, born in VillachVillachVillach is the second largest city in the Carinthia state in the southern Austria, at the Drava River and represents an important traffic junction for Austria and the whole Alpe-Adria region. , the population is 58,480.-History:...
, (1936-2010) - Johannes GrenzfurthnerJohannes GrenzfurthnerJohannes Grenzfurthner is an Austrian artist, writer, curator, director.He has published numerous books, essays and articles on contemporary art, science and philosophy....
, member of MonochromMonochrommonochrom is an international art-technology-philosophy group, founded in 1993. Its offices are located at Museumsquartier/Vienna ....
(1975- ) - Gerhard Gutenberger, 1959 born in WelsWelsWels is the second largest city of the state of Upper Austria, located in the north of Austria, on the Traun River near Linz. It is not part of its surrounding Wels County , but a so-called Statutarstadt . However, Wels is the county seat of Wels-Land.- Geography :Wels is located in the...
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- Ernst HaasErnst HaasErnst Haas was an Austrian artist and influential photographer noted for his innovations in color photography, experiments in abstract light and form, and as a member of the Magnum Photos agency....
, photographer (1921-1986) - Karl Freiherr von HasenauerKarl Freiherr von HasenauerBaron Karl von Hasenauer was an important Austrian architect and key representative of the Historismus school....
, architect (1833-1894) - Johann HatteyJohann HatteyJohann Evangelist Hattey was an Austrian architect born in Vienna. His father, also born in Vienna, was called Josef and owned some land and building plots in the city. His mother's name was Maria, buried at the Vienna Central Cemetery on 16 January 1894...
, architect ( -1904) - Rudolf HausnerRudolf HausnerRudolf Hausner was an Austrian painter, draughtsman, printmaker and sculptor. Hausner has been described as a "psychic realist" and "the first psychoanalytical painter" .-Early life:...
, painter and graphic artist (1914-1995) - Gottfried HelnweinGottfried HelnweinGottfried Helnwein is an Austrian-Irish fine artist, painter, photographer, installation and performance artist.-Work:Helnwein studied at the University of Visual Art in Vienna...
, artist, born in Vienna (1948- ) - Johann Lukas von HildebrandtJohann Lukas von HildebrandtJohann Lukas von Hildebrandt was an Italian-trained Austrian architect who designed many stately buildings and churches...
, architect (1668-1745) - Josef HoffmannJosef HoffmannJosef Hoffmann was an Austrian architect and designer of consumer goods.- Biography :...
, architect (1870-1956) - Hans HolleinHans HolleinHans Hollein, is an Austrian architect and designer.Hollein achieved a diploma at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna in 1956, then attended the Illinois Institute of Technology in 1959 and the University of California, Berkeley in 1960...
, architect (1934- ) - Alfred HrdlickaAlfred HrdlickaAlfred Hrdlicka was an Austrian sculptor, draughtsman, painter and artist. His surname is sometimes written Hrdlička.After learning to be a dental technician from 1943 to 1945, Hrdlicka studied painting until 1952 at the Akademie der bildenden Künste under Albert Paris Gütersloh and Josef...
, sculptor and graphic artist, born in Vienna (1928-2009) - Friedensreich HundertwasserFriedensreich HundertwasserFriedensreich Regentag Dunkelbunt Hundertwasser was an Austrian painter and architect. Born Friedrich Stowasser in Vienna, he became one of the best-known contemporary Austrian artists, although controversial, by the end of the 20th century.-Life:Hundertwasser's father Ernst Stowasser died three...
, artist born in Vienna (1928-2000)
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- Gustav KlimtGustav KlimtGustav Klimt was an Austrian Symbolist painter and one of the most prominent members of the Vienna Secession movement. His major works include paintings, murals, sketches, and other art objects...
, artist, prominent figure of the Vienna SecessionVienna SecessionThe Vienna Secession was formed in 1897 by a group of Austrian artists who had resigned from the Association of Austrian Artists, housed in the Vienna Künstlerhaus. This movement included painters, sculptors, and architects...
(1862-1918) - Kiki KogelnikKiki KogelnikKiki Kogelnik was an Austrian painter, sculptor and printmaker. Born in a small town in southern Austria, she studied at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna and moved to New York in 1961....
, pop art painter (1935-1997) - Oskar KokoschkaOskar KokoschkaOskar Kokoschka was an Austrian artist, poet and playwright best known for his intense expressionistic portraits and landscapes.-Biography:...
, painter born in Pöchlarn (Lower Austria) (1886-1980) - Alfred KubinAlfred KubinAlfred Leopold Isidor Kubin was an Austrian printmaker, illustrator and occasional writer. Kubin is considered an important representative of Symbolism and Expressionism.-Biography:...
, painter (graphics) (1877-1959) - Elke KrystufekElke KrystufekElke Krystufek is an Austrian self portraitist working in a variety of media including: painting, sculpture, video and performance art.-Life:Krystufek studied at the Fine Arts Academy of Vienna in the early 1990s...
, painter (1970- )
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- Hans MakartHans MakartHans Makart was a 19th century Austrian academic history painter, designer, and decorator; most well known for his influence on Gustav Klimt and other Austrian artists, but in his own era considered an important artist himself and was a celebrity figure in the high culture of Vienna, attended with...
, history painter, designer and decorator (1840-1884) - Anton Erhard MartinelliAnton Erhard MartinelliAnton Erhard Martinelli was an Austrian architect and master-builder of Italian descent.Martinelli was born in Vienna. He was the son of architect Franz Martinelli....
, architect (1684-1747) - Domenico MartinelliDomenico MartinelliDomenico Martinelli was an Italian architect who worked for Carlo Fontana during 1678. He was an evident figure in the shaping of Baroque style in the North Alps. In 2010 a musical tribute called "Project Martinelli" was performed to him in Munich.-Biography:He was born in Lucca, Tuscany and...
, architect (1650-1719) - Franz MartinelliFranz MartinelliFranz Martinelli or , was an Austrian architect born in Italy.Franz Martinelli participated in the construction of the Peterskirche in Vienna. In 1684 he was in charge of the restoration work of the Servitenkirche in Vienna...
, architect (1651-1708) - Johann Baptist MartinelliJohann Baptist MartinelliJohann Baptist Martinelli or Giovanni Battista Martinelli was an Austrian architect and constructor of Italian descent.He was the son of architect Franz Martinelli...
, architect (1701-1754) - Gerry MayerGerry Mayer (sculptor)Gerry Mayer is an Austrian sculptor. Today he lives and works in the village Dünserberg.- Biography :Mayer graduated at the School of Engineering Bregenz in Vorarlberg, Austria. Since 1976 he made sketches and sculptures, mainly in bronze, but also in steel, raku and various other materials...
, sculptor (1960- ) - Georg (George) Mayer-MartonGeorg (George) Mayer-MartonGeorg Mayer-Marton , was a significant figure in Viennese art between the First and Second World Wars working in oil, watercolour and graphics. Following his forced emigration to England in 1938, he continued to paint in watercolour and oil...
, artist (1897-1960) - Inge MorathInge MorathIngeborg Morath was an Austrian-born photographer. In 1953 she joined the Magnum Photos Agency, founded by top photographers in Paris, and became a full photographer with them in 1955...
, photographer (1923-2002)
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- Christian Heinrich NebbienChristian Heinrich NebbienChristian Heinrich Nebbien, also known as Heinrich Nebbien or Henrik Nebbien, was a Belgian-born landscaping architect, mainly active in Austria....
landscaping architect (1778-1841) - Richard NeutraRichard NeutraRichard Joseph Neutra is considered one of modernism's most important architects.- Biography :Neutra was born in Leopoldstadt, the 2nd district of Vienna, Austria Hungary, on April 8, 1892. He was born into both-Jewish wealthy family...
, architect (emigrated to America 1892-1970) - Hermann NitschHermann NitschHermann Nitsch is an Austrian artist who works in experimental and multimedia modes.Born in Vienna, Nitsch received training in painting during the time he studied at the Wiener Graphische Lehr-und Versuchanstalt. He is called an "actionist" or a performance artist...
, artist, painter, born in Vienna, (1938- )
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- Eva M. Paar, painter (1977- )
- Gustav PeichlGustav PeichlGustav Peichl is an Austrian architect. Gustav built the EFA Radio Satellite Station in Aflenz Austria. And - is Ironimus - caricaturist.-External links:*...
, architect (1928- ) - Hubert PetschniggHubert PetschniggHubert Petschnigg was an Austrian architect.-Life:Petschnigg was born in Klagenfurt, and went to school in Villach. In 1934 he began to study architecture at the Vienna University of Technology, where he entered the Hansea Vienna branch of the Kösener Corps student society...
, architect (1913-1997) - Boris PodreccaBoris PodreccaBoris Podrecca is a Slovene-Italian architect and urban designer living in Vienna, Austria. Podrecca is considered by some critics a pioneer of postmodernism...
(1940- ) - Alf PoierAlf PoierAlf Poier is an Austrian artist and stand-up comedian.Born in Judenburg in Styria, he started doing cabaret in 1995 in Graz, and has won several prizes for his work, including the Salzburger Stier in 1998, the Deutscher Kleinkunstpreis, Prix Phanteon and RTL Comedy Award in 2000 and the Austrian...
, artist and stand-up comedian (1967- ) - Jakob PrandtauerJakob PrandtauerJakob Prandtauer was an Austrian Baroque architect....
, architect (1660-1726)
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- Arnulf RainerArnulf RainerArnulf Rainer , is an Austrian painter and is internationally renowned for his abstract informal art.In his early years, Rainer was influenced by Surrealism...
, painter, born (1929- ) - Barbara RappBarbara RappBarbara Rapp, born 1972 in Klagenfurt, Austrian mixed media artist, lives and works in Velden am Woerthersee, Austria and Germany. Her work has been exhibited all over the world since 1994, she is involved in several international art projects. Barbara Rapp deals intensively with socio-political...
, painter and mixed media artist, born 1972 - Erwin RedlErwin RedlErwin Redl in Gföhl, Lower Austria is an Austrian-born artist currently living in USA. As artistic medium he uses LEDs. His work includes installations, videos, graphics, computerart and electronic music.- Life and work :...
, LED installation artist and painter, born (1963- ) - Anton RomakoAnton RomakoAnton Romako was an Austrian painter.-Life:Anton Romako was born in Atzgersdorf , as an illegitimate son of factory owner Josef Lepper and his housemaid Elisabeth Maria Anna Romako...
, (1832-1889) - Anton Pius RiegelAnton Pius RiegelAnton Pius Riegel or Rigel was an Austrian architect of the 19th century.He is mainly known for the design of the Károlyi palais in Budapest Hungary and of the mansion of Dolná Krupá in Slovakia.- References :* Museum of Literature * Jana Šulcová - Tri kapitoly zo stavebných dejín kaštieľa v...
, architect (1789-?) - Johann Michael RottmayrJohann Michael RottmayrJohann Michael Rottmayr , was an Austrian painter. He was the first notable baroque painter north of Italy....
, painter (barock) (1656-1730) - Bernard RudofskyBernard RudofskyBernard Rudofsky was an Moravian-born American writer, architect, collector, teacher, designer, and social historian....
, designer, architect and social critic (1905-1988)
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- Egon SchieleEgon SchieleEgon Schiele was an Austrian painter. A protégé of Gustav Klimt, Schiele was a major figurative painter of the early 20th century. His work is noted for its intensity, and the many self-portraits the artist produced...
, painter, (1890-1918) - Rudolf SchindlerRudolf SchindlerRudolph Michael Schindler Rudolph Michael Schindler Rudolph Michael Schindler (born Rudolf Michael Schindler (1887 Vienna - 1953 Los Angeles) was an American, born in Austria, architect whose most important works were built in or near Los Angeles during the early to mid-twentieth century....
, architect (emigrated to America 1914) (1877-1953) - Margarete Schütte-LihotzkyMargarete Schütte-LihotzkyMargarete Schütte-Lihotzky was the first female Austrian architect and an activist in the Nazi resistance movement. She is mostly remembered today for designing the so-called Frankfurt Kitchen.-Training:...
, architect and political activist (1897-2000) - Karl SchwanzerKarl SchwanzerKarl Schwanzer was an Austrian architect. He was an important figure of post-war architecture.-Life:...
, architect (1918-1975) - Moritz von SchwindMoritz von Schwindthumb|Moritz von Schwind, c. 1860Moritz von Schwind was an Austrian painter, born in Vienna.Moritz von Schwind received rudimentary training and spent a happy and carefree youth in Vienna. Among his companions was the composer Schubert, some of whose songs he illustrated...
, painter (1804-1871) - Florian SeidlFlorian SeidlFlorian Seidl is an Austrian vehicle designer.He studied Industrial Design at the University of Arts and Industrial Design Linz, the Hong Kong Polytechnic University and got his masters degree from the Royal College of Art in London.Since 2008 he is working at the FIAT centro stile in Turin,...
, vehicle designer (1979- ) - Harry SeidlerHarry SeidlerHarry Seidler, AC OBE was an Austrian-born Australian architect who is considered to be one of the leading exponents of Modernism's methodology in Australia and the first architect to fully express the principles of the Bauhaus in Australia.Harry Seidler designed more than 180 buildings and he...
, architect, (emigrated to Australia 1948) (1923-2006) - Adalbert StifterAdalbert StifterAdalbert Stifter was an Austrian writer, poet, painter, and pedagogue. He was especially notable for the vivid natural landscapes depicted in his writing, and has long been popular in the German-speaking world, while almost entirely unknown to English readers.-Life:Born in Oberplan in Bohemia , he...
, Austrian writerWriterA writer is a person who produces literature, such as novels, short stories, plays, screenplays, poetry, or other literary art. Skilled writers are able to use language to portray ideas and images....
, poetPoetA poet is a person who writes poetry. A poet's work can be literal, meaning that his work is derived from a specific event, or metaphorical, meaning that his work can take on many meanings and forms. Poets have existed since antiquity, in nearly all languages, and have produced works that vary...
, painterPaintingPainting is the practice of applying paint, pigment, color or other medium to a surface . The application of the medium is commonly applied to the base with a brush but other objects can be used. In art, the term painting describes both the act and the result of the action. However, painting is...
, and pedagogue (1805-1868) - Santino SolariSantino SolariSantino Solari , was a Swiss architect and sculptor, who worked mainly in Austria. He was born at Verna near Lugano ....
, architect (1576-1646)
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- Carola Unterberger-ProbstCarola Unterberger-ProbstCarola Unterberger-Probst , aka [cup] or Carola Unterberger, is an internationally known Austrian media artist and philosopher of art. In addition to video installations and experimental films, her work contains Objet d'art, paintings and digital art...
, painter, installations, experimental films, digital art (1978- )
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- Aloys WachAloys WachAloys Wach or Aloys Ludwig Wachelmayr was an Austrian expressionist painter and graphic artist. He was born in Lambach, Upper Austria and died in Braunau, Upper Austria...
, painter (1892-1940) - Otto WagnerOtto WagnerOtto Koloman Wagner was an Austrian architect and urban planner, known for his lasting impact on the appearance of his home town Vienna, to which he contributed many landmarks.-Life:...
, Jugendstil architect behind much of turn-of-the-century Viennese architecture (1841-1918) - Ferdinand Georg WaldmüllerFerdinand Georg WaldmüllerFerdinand Georg Waldmüller was an Austrian painter and writer.He briefly attended the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna, but later had to finance his life by painting portraits. In 1811 he worked as a teacher of arts for the children of Count Gyulay in Croatia...
, painter (1793-1865) - Peter WeibelPeter WeibelPeter Weibel is an artist, curator and theoretician.Raised in Upper Austria he started to study French and cinematography in Paris...
, media artis (1944- ) - Max WeilerMax WeilerMax Weiler was a Swiss footballer who played as a defender. He played for FC Winterthur and Grasshopper Club Zürich, and also represented Switzerland at international level...
, painter (20th century) - Franz WestFranz WestFranz West is an Austrian artist.-Work:His art practice started as a reaction to the Viennese Actionism movement has been exhibited in museums and galleries for more than three decades...
, artist - Olga Wisinger-FlorianOlga Wisinger-FlorianOlga Wisinger-Florian was an Austrian impressionist painter, mainly of landscapes and flower still lifes. She was a notable representative of Austrian Mood Impressionism....
, painter (1844-1926) - Fritz WotrubaFritz WotrubaFritz Wotruba was an Austrian sculptor of Czecho-Hungarian descent. He was considered one of the most notable Austrian 20th century sculptors...
, sculptor, born in Vienna (1907-1975) - Erwin WurmErwin WurmErwin Wurm is an Austrian artist born in Bruck an der Mur / Styria. He currently lives and works in Vienna and Limburg, Austria.Since the late 1980s he has developed an ongoing series of "One Minute Sculptures", in which he poses himself or his models in unexpected relationships with everyday...
, sculptor (1954- )