Arnulf Rainer
- Introduction
- Arnulf Rainer (born 8 December 1929) is an Austrian painter noted for his abstract informal art.Rainer was born in Baden, Austria. During his early years, Rainer was influenced by Surrealism. In 1950, he founded the Hundsgruppe (dog group) together with Ernst Fuchs, Arik Brauer, and Josef Mikl. After 1954, Rainer's style evolved towards Destruction of Forms, with blackenings, overpaintings, and maskings 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. He painted extensively on the subject of Hiroshima such as it relates to the nuclear bombing of the Japanese city and the inherent political and physical fallout. In 1978, he received the Grand Austrian State Prize. In the same year, and in 1980, he became the Austrian representative at the Venice Biennale. From 1981 to 1995, Rainer held a professorship at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna - the same place where he aborted his own studies after three days, unsatisfied. His works are shown in the Museum of Modern Art and the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum. As the culmination of the appraisal of his work, the Arnulf Rainer Museum opened in New York City in 1993. His works have also continuously been shown at the European Cultural Centre's palazzos in Venice during the Biennale since 2011. In the same year, he published the work Unfinished into Death (ISBN 9789490784072) with the same organisation.
- Wikidata
- Q563515
- Nationalities
- Austrian, German
- Gender
- Male
- Roles
- Artist, Painter, Photographer
- Names
- Arnulf Rainer, A. Rainer
- Ulan
- 500005072
Exhibitions
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Exquisite Corpses: Drawing and Disfiguration
Mar 14–Jul 9, 2012
MoMA
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Printin’
Feb 15–May 14, 2012
MoMA
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Staging Action: Performance in Photography since 1960
Jan 28–May 9, 2011
MoMA
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1969
Oct 25, 2009–Apr 5, 2010
MoMA PS1
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Live/Work: Performance into Drawing
Jan 31–May 21, 2007
MoMA
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Arnulf Rainer has
29 exhibitionsonline.
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Arnulf Rainer Coverings (Überdeckungen) (1961)
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Arnulf Rainer Window (Fenster) (1961)
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Arnulf Rainer Braids (Zopfe) (1966)
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Arnulf Rainer The Fly Eater 1966
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Arnulf Rainer Bird Scratches 1968
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Arnulf Rainer Christus (1969)
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (1969)
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Arnulf Rainer Mouth 1973
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (1974)
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (Kleinzeug #45) (1974)
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (1969-74)
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (1969-74)
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (1969-74)
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Arnulf Rainer Fesselstern 1975
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Arnulf Rainer Untitled (1975)
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Arnulf Rainer Self Portrait (c. 1975)
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Arnulf Rainer Crooked Departure (Krummer Abgang) (1976)
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Arnulf Rainer Reste 1978
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Arnulf Rainer Hidden Departure (Versteckter Abgang) from the series Fearful Hiding (Schreckversteck) (1978)
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Carl Andre, Joseph Beuys, Marinus Boezem, Christian Boltanski, Daniel Buren, Miguel-Ángel Cárdenas, Robin Crozier, Hans Eijkelboom, Pieter Engels, Ken Friedman, Ad Gerritsen, Wim Gijzen, Klaas Gubbels, Richard Hamilton, Dick Higgins, Robert Jacks, Tommy Mew, Mauricio Nannucci, Richard Nonas, Arnulf Rainer, Dieter Roth, Yves De Smet, Al Souza, Endre Tót, Timm Ulrichs, Woody van Amen, Geurt van Dijk, Ben Vautier, Wolf Vostell, Various Artists The Archives: Art Information Centre Peter Van Beveren 1971–81, published 1981
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Arnulf Rainer Red Cross (Rotes Kreuz) (1980-85)
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Arnulf Rainer Cross Painting 1980-85
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Günter Brus, Arnulf Rainer Depth Obscured (Vertiefung Mit Bewölkung) (1985-86)
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Günter Brus, Arnulf Rainer Untitled from Depth Obscured (Vertiefung Mit Bewölkung) 1985-86
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Günter Brus, Arnulf Rainer Untitled from Depth Obscured (Vertiefung Mit Bewölkung) 1985-86
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Günter Brus, Arnulf Rainer Untitled from Depth Obscured (Vertiefung Mit Bewölkung) 1985-86
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Günter Brus, Arnulf Rainer Untitled from Depth Obscured (Vertiefung Mit Bewölkung) 1985-86
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Günter Brus, Arnulf Rainer Untitled from Depth Obscured (Vertiefung Mit Bewölkung) 1985-86
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Arnulf Rainer Greens 1997
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Arnulf Rainer Red Wine in the Bush (Rot Wein Im Strauch) 1997
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Arnulf Rainer Blue Nest 1997
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