Ernst Fuchs (artist)

Ernst Fuchs
Fuchs in 2007
Born(1930-02-13)13 February 1930
Vienna
Died9 November 2015(2015-11-09) (aged 85)
Vienna
NationalityAustrian
EducationSt. Anna Painting School
Alma materAcademy of Fine Arts Vienna
Known forPainting
MovementVienna School of Fantastic Realism
Children16
Ernst Fuchs 1973.

Ernst Fuchs (13 February 1930 – 9 November 2015) was an Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet, 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. The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988.