Fantastic and Visionary Artwork 2008-08-07T12:45:07Z WordPress http://leoplaw.com/2008/03/20/otto-rapps-essay-on-the-vienna-school-of-fantastic-realism/feed/atom/ admin http:// http://leoplaw.com/2008/03/20/otto-rapps-essay-on-the-vienna-school-of-fantastic-realism/#comment-304 2008-05-09T10:08:39Z 2008-05-09T10:08:39Z If I have not already suggested it, when you are in Vienna this Summer, visit Galerie 10. They have a lot of information and long personal contact with the group. There is a treasure trove of information in their store room. galerie10.at

]]> Otto Rapp http://www.telusplanet.net/public/ottorapp/ http://leoplaw.com/2008/03/20/otto-rapps-essay-on-the-vienna-school-of-fantastic-realism/#comment-298 2008-05-08T16:30:17Z 2008-05-08T16:30:17Z Since you wrote this, Leo (and perhaps because of it) - I scrambled (attempted) to finish the essay - I annotated, added an index, all linked and back-linked for easy readability. There still is a ton of new data that will provide feed for future expansion. During my researches I came across an artist I had admired for many years, but not seen many works in the net - until now: Kurt Regschek was, until 1965 when he left the group, the “sixth” member of the founding group, much involved in organizing their exhibitions, etc.
I got in touch with his biographer, Dr. Peter Diem, and we became friends, exchanging information back and forth. A short chapter with links to an extensive image library were added recently to my essay here, with plans to expand after I return from Vienna later this summer.
The involvement and influence of Fritz Hundertwasser with the group and in particular with Fuchs and Brauer needs further exploration. There lies much work ahead, since at every turn new avenues open up. On the other hand I found it frustrating to search for more in-depth info for Wolfgang Hutter and Anton Lehmden on the web: very little if any!
Cheers
Otto

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