Hermann NITSCH
1938, Austria

Hermann Nitsch biography:

Hermann Nitsch was born in Vienna in 1938. He studied at the Austrian Federal Education and Research Institute for Graphics in Vienna and then worked as a commercial artist at the Museum of Technology. In the late 1950s, he created his first painting actions and conceived the concept of the ‘Orgien Mysterien Theater’. His public actions caused repeated confrontations with the Viennese authorities, and Nitsch moved to Germany in 1968. In the following years, Nitsch performed his actions in many European and North American cities, enjoying great success. Since the early 1970s, Nitsch held his regular ‘Orgien-Mysterien-Spiele’ on the grounds of the castle Prinzendorf. In 1972, the artist participated in the documenta 5 in Kassel, curated by Harald Szeemann, and has since then been honored with numerous awards. Works by Hermann Nitsch are on display in the collections of the Centre Pompidou in Paris, the MoMA in New York, the Pinakothek der Moderne in Munich, the Museum Ludwig in Cologne and others

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