Artist Biographies

GOTTLIEB HELNWEIN (1948 - )

Gottlieb Helnwein is an activist, a dissident, a radical, and, above all, an artist. He uses his artwork to inspire, incite, and involve the public in political situations and issues. His subject matter has run the gamut from hyper-realistic paintings showing wounded and tormented children to "entertainment" art; his photographic portraits of political figures John F. Kennedy and Soviet Foreign Minister Gromyko have appeared on the covers of Time magazine; his series of portraits of James Dean lifted the actor to almost deity status.

Helnwein is an accomplished painter, photographer, and stage and scene designer. He has called himself "the fastest watercolor painter in the world," and he has been called "the world's finest artist" by critics. His list of credits and accomplishments is extraordinary.

BIRTHPLACE: Vienna, Austria EDUCATION: Higher Graphic Instruction and Experimental Institute, Vienna, Austria

Academy of Visual Arts, Vienna EXHIBITIONS: Munich Civic Museum, Munich, Germany

Vienna Albertina, Vienna, Austria

The Museum of Modern Art, New York, NY

Central Rhine Museum, Coblenz, Germany

Stuck Villa, Munich, Germany

Museum of Modern Art, Strausbourg, France

Victoria and Albert Museum, London, England

Photokina Exhibition, Cologne, Germany

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