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Franz Sedlacek BIOGRAPHY
1891 Breslau, Germany - 1945 Vienna, Austria. Known for: Social commentary surrealist painting, symbolism.
Described as the "world's craziest painter", Franz Sedlacek was regarded as "the most eccentric Austrian to be internationally known for his brushwork. Stolid Northerners from Sweden and The... Read full biography
Described as the "world's craziest painter", Franz Sedlacek was regarded as "the most eccentric Austrian to be internationally known for his brushwork. Stolid Northerners from Sweden and The Netherlands buy his paintings, which are close in spirit to the work of such surrealists as Dali and... Read full biography
Described as the "world's craziest painter", Franz Sedlacek was regarded as "the most eccentric Austrian to be internationally known for his brushwork. Stolid Northerners from Sweden and The Netherlands buy his paintings, which are close in spirit to the work of such surrealists as Dali and Chirico.". Sedlacek was self taught, and began scrawling in pencil when he was a child, "later graduated to crayon, and then to the kind of "nightmarish oils" for which he became known. Much of his work... Read full biography
Described as the "world's craziest painter", Franz Sedlacek was regarded as "the most eccentric Austrian to be internationally known for his brushwork. Stolid Northerners from Sweden and The Netherlands buy his paintings, which are close in spirit to the work of such surrealists as Dali and Chirico.". Sedlacek was self taught, and began scrawling in pencil when he was a child, "later graduated to crayon, and then to the kind of "nightmarish oils" for which he became known. Much of his work expressed his World War I service for which he was decorated for valor. He also has tudored in a technical high school for women and invented "so many gadgets that he cannot begin to remember what all of them were.". Sedlacek wrote two books, both with... Read full biography
Described as the "world's craziest painter", Franz Sedlacek was regarded as "the most eccentric Austrian to be internationally known for his brushwork. Stolid Northerners from Sweden and The Netherlands buy his paintings, which are close in spirit to the work of such surrealists as Dali and Chirico.". Sedlacek was self taught, and began scrawling in pencil when he was a child, "later graduated to crayon, and then to the kind of "nightmarish oils" for which he became known. Much of his work expressed his World War I service for which he was decorated for valor. He also has tudored in a technical high school for women and invented "so many gadgets that he cannot begin to remember what all of them were.". Sedlacek wrote two books, both with unconventional titles: The Tapeworm and The Prune. By contrast, his personal li... Read full biography
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Described as the "world's craziest painter", Franz Sedlacek was regarded as "the most eccentric Austrian to be internationally known for his brushwork. Stolid Northerners from Sweden and The Netherlands buy his paintings, which are close in spirit to the work of such surrealists as Dali and Chirico."
Sedlacek was self taught, and began scrawling in pencil when he was a child, "later graduated to crayon, and then to the kind of "nightmarish oils" for which he became known. Much of his work expressed his World War I service for which he was decorated for valor. He also has tudored in a technical high school for women and invented "so many gadgets that he cannot begin to remember what all of them were."But wait, there's more...
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