Q381077
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Key facts
- Born
- ( 1948-10-08 ) 8 October 1948 (age 77) , Vienna , Austria
- Education
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Known for
- painting, photography, installation art
- Notable work
- Ninth November Night (1988), Epiphany I (Adoration of the Magi) (1996), Disasters of War 3 (2007), The Murmur of the Innocents 14 (2010), I Walk Alone (2003), Peinlich (1971)
- Movement
- Hyperrealism , installation art , performance art
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Gottfried
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Austria
- Place of birth
- Vienna
- Educated at
- Academy of Fine Arts Vienna
- Languages spoken
- German
- Genre
- installation art
- Movement
- hyperrealism
- Official website
- www.helnwein.fr
- Image
- Save The World Awards 2009 show04 - Gottfried Helnwein.jpg
- Work location
- Vienna
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- Commons category
- Gottfried Helnwein
- date of birth
- 1948-10-08
- has works in the collection
- J. Paul Getty Museum
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Encyclopedic overview
Gottfried Helnwein (born 8 October 1948) is an Austrian-Irish visual artist. He has worked as a painter, draftsman, photographer, muralist, sculptor, installation and performance artist, using a wide variety of techniques and media.
His work is concerned primarily with psychological and sociological anxiety, historical issues and political topics. His subject matter is the human condition. The metaphor for his art is dominated by the image of the child, particularly the wounded child, scarred physically and emotionally from within. His works often reference taboo and controversial issues from recent history, especially the Nazi rule and the Holocaust. As a result, his work is often considered provocative and controversial.
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