Johann Hauser
Johann Hauser (1926 – 1996) was an Austrian outsider artist. Born an orphan in today's Slovak Republic, he was placed in a home for mentally handicapped children. In 1942 he was committed for the first time.
Johann Hauser
- Born
- 1926 · Bratislava.
- Died
- 1996 · Maria Gugging.
- Nationality
- Austria · Czech Republic
- Occupation
- painter · printmaker · artist
- Fields
- graphics · visual arts · painting
- Languages
- Czech
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Johann Hauser (1926 – 1996) was an Austrian outsider artist. Born an orphan in today's Slovak Republic, he was placed in a home for mentally handicapped children. In 1942 he was committed for the first time.
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In 1949 he was transferred to Gugging, where he worked with Dr.
Hauser's drawings are raw and erotic, focused on the female form in which he saw unattainable desire and great power. Erotica was an indomitable force for him, very visible in his anxious figures, excessive physiognomy, and gestural lines of force.
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Bratislava.
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- 1.Daniel Baumann. Art Brut? Outsider Art? Denkfigur und Behauptung. 2001.
- 2.Leo Navratil. Schizophrenie und Kunst. Ein Beitrag zur Psychologie des Gestaltens. 1965.
- 3.Johann Feilacher. … der Künstler bin ich!. 2016.
- 4.Leo Navratil. Johann Hauser. Kunst aus Manie und Depression. 1978. 3-8077-0105-2.
- 5.Roman Gerold. Zu Besuch bei den Künstlern aus Gugging. Der Standard. 2018-08-02.
- 6.CAROM.! Kunst aus Gugging in der Sammlung Essl. Website der Sammlung Essl.
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