ARNULF RAINER

Arnulf Rainer, (1929)

He is an Austrian painter noted for his abstract informal art. Rainer's style evolved towards Destruction of Forms, with blackening’s, overpainting’s, and masking’s of illustrations and photographs dominating his later work. He was close to the Vienna Actionism, featuring body art and painting under the influence of drugs. 

His works are shown in the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. His works have also continuously been shown at the Venice Biennale. In 2011 he published the work series ‘‘Unfinished into Death’’ in cooperation with Rene Rietmeyer and the European Cultural Centre.