Flora okuli

Prof. Ernst Fuchs, "Flora okuli" standing mythical creature between two trees, etching in reddish brown, c. 1970, signed in lead "Ernst Fuchs" on the right and numbered "1307" . Artist's info: Austrian painter, graphic artist, sculptor, architect and musician (1930 Vienna to 2015 Vienna), studied 1945-50 at the Vienna Academy with Albert Paris von Gütersloh, 1948 co-founder of the "Viennese School of Fantastic Realism", 1950-62 stay in Paris, interrupted by study trips to America, Italy, Spain, England and 1957 stay for several months in the monastery "Dormitio" in Jerusalem, cultivated artistic friendships with Salvador Dali, Jean Cocteau, Arno Breker, Mati Klarwein, Leonor Fini and with the circle around Jean-Paul Sartre, 1962 return to Vienna, 1966 professorship, 1970s increasingly design and architectural drafts as well as stage designer, since 1988 temporarily active in Monaco, received numerous honours, represented in international collections.