Modern Art - Austria / II. Republic of Austria 1977 - 6 Shilling

Wolfgang Hutter was born in Vienna on December 13, 1928, grew up in the comfort of a doctor's family, and learned much later that his father was the poet and painter Albert Paris Gütersloh. On his advice, he began to paint as a fourteen-year-old watercolors. He studied at the academy together with Fuchs, Steinwendner (Stenvert), Janschka, Lehmden and Brauer. Together with Rudolf Hausner, they are the main representatives of the "Viennese School of Fantastic Realism", which played a central role in the art history of Austria after 1945. Hutter turned first to non-objective painting, but soon dealt with the Surrealism. An important role for the Viennese art scene began in 1947 to play the "Art Club", in which further artist contacts formed and gave new suggestions. As early as 1948, the first major exhibition of the Art Club took place in the Zedlitzhalle. It was to become the earliest manifestation of the "fantasies" in public. Exhibitions in Italy followed. Only 22 years old, Hutter got the opportunity to represent Austria with his work at the Venice Biennale and also took part in the 1953 Biennale in Sao Paulo. In 1966, Hutter was appointed director of a painting class at the Academy of Applied Arts. The brand motif shows the "Danube girl" by Wolfgang Hutter.