1. Arik Brauer was an Austrian painter, printmaker, poet, dancer, singer-songwriter, stage designer, architect, and academic teacher.
22 Facts About Arik Brauer
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Arik Brauer travelled extensively, and married in Israel in 1957, settling in Paris where he formed a singing duo with his wife.
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Arik Brauer was a co-founder of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism.
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Arik Brauer's art was exhibited at international galleries and museums, and especially at major museums in Vienna, a graphic retrospective at the Albertina in 1974, at the Osterreichische Galerie Belvedere in 1976, the Jewish Museum in New York in 1978, and an exhibition travelling the world from 1979 to 1983.
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Erich Arik Brauer was born in Vienna, the child of Lithuanian Jewish emigrants.
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Arik Brauer remembered living in a "one room-kitchen apartment with a toilet in the corridor".
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Arik Brauer survived the end of World War II hidden in a garden colony, whereas his father was murdered in a Nazi concentration camp.
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Arik Brauer was engaged there for culture and social life, leading a choir, making drawings for the youth newspaper and organising sports.
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Arik Brauer studied at the Academy of Fine Arts Vienna from 1945, supervised by Albert Paris von Gutersloh and Herbert Boeckl.
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Arik Brauer dated his works from 1954, when he officially completed his studies.
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Arik Brauer then lived as a singer and dancer in Israel and appeared in 1956 as a dancer in the Raimund Theater in Vienna.
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Arik Brauer married Naomi Dahabani in 1957 in Israel, and they settled in Paris in 1958, where they made a living as singers.
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Arik Brauer wrote and performed songs in dialect such as "Sie ham a Haus baut" and "Hinter meiner, vorder meiner" which were meant as critical texts, but were recognised as early contributions to the new genre Austropop.
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In 1975, Arik Brauer designed the stage sets and costumes for a production of Mozart's Die Zauberflote at the Paris Opera.
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In 1982, Arik Brauer had breakthrough solo exhibitions in the United States.
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Arik Brauer taught at the Vienna Academy from 1985 to 1997.
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Arik Brauer designed the United Buddy Bear for Austria in 2002.
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Arik Brauer took part in several multi-media projects during the exhibition.
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From 1963, Arik Brauer lived with his wife regularly in Israel for several months in summer, in a building complex that he designed for an artist colony.
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Arik Brauer sang and recited from his texts and memories.
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On 24 January 2021, Arik Brauer died in Vienna at age 92.
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Arik Brauer was cremated at Feuerhalle Simmering, his ashes were buried in Vienna Central Cemetery.