Arnulf Rainer

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Renowned for his abstract appropriation art, Arnulf Rainer is a painter and founder of the Hundgruppe (dog group) alongside fellow artists Brauer and Mikl.

« It wasn’t until I began to overwork the expressive photos of the faces that I discovered to my surprise: a bunch of new, unknown people who were lurking within me, but who my muscles alone couldn’t formulate. »
Arnulf Rainer

Kopf Auf Braun (Selbstportrait)

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Rainer has recevied acclaim for his technique of ‘overpainting’ which involves him taking a pre-existing work, and painting over it, usually with gestural strokes and a heavy impasto; Wine Crucifix is one of his most notable ‘overpaintings’ - originally painted in 1957 by the artist, he decided to rework it in 1978 noting that the ‘quality and truth of the picture only grew as it became darker and darker’. Rainer was heavily inspired by the depths of the human mind and explored his own subconscious through painting with the technique of Automatism, popular among Surrealist painters – he also experimented with painting with his feet and fingers as well as exploring the effect of hallucinogenic drugs on his creativity. Read More

Austria / male artist / Body Art / Zero Movement / Automatism / Art Informel / Gestural / Process Art / Actionism / Late modernism / Abstract art

ARTWORKS BY Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer

Unfinished Into Death II (12), 2011

Photography

Photograph

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Arnulf Rainer

Unfinished Into Death ( 12), 2011

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Photograph

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Arnulf Rainer

Kopf Auf Braun (Selbstportrait), 1991

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Arnulf Rainer

Untitled, 1976

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Arnulf Rainer

Feuer Nacht, 2001

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Rainer works over Old Masters ...,

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Rainer works over Klimt 6,

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Marilyn (Red) , 2002

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Marilyn (Blue) , 2002

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Marilyn (Black) , 2002

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Als Schlafender im gelben Meer,

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What is Gestural?

Gestural is a term which describes painting with freely sweeping brush strokes. The main goal of gestural art was to allow the artist to physically portray emotional impulses. Viewers were thought to understand inner artistic thoughts revealed through the varied, yet expressive paint marks.

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