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Susanne Wenger BIOGRAPHY
1915 b. Graz, Austria - 2009. Known for: Paintings.
Susanne Wenger, born in 1915 in Graz, Austria, was an active founding member of the Vienna Art-Club in 1947. This and sixty years of art and life in Africa have earned her a world wide reputation as... Read full biography
Susanne Wenger, born in 1915 in Graz, Austria, was an active founding member of the Vienna Art-Club in 1947. This and sixty years of art and life in Africa have earned her a world wide reputation as an accomplished artist with a personality to match. She was the subject of many TV-programmes and... Read full biography
Susanne Wenger, born in 1915 in Graz, Austria, was an active founding member of the Vienna Art-Club in 1947. This and sixty years of art and life in Africa have earned her a world wide reputation as an accomplished artist with a personality to match. She was the subject of many TV-programmes and despite some colourful articles in various magazines reporting "a white goddess on a river in deepest Africa" - Susanne Wenger was first and foremost one of the most important modern Artists in post... Read full biography
Susanne Wenger, born in 1915 in Graz, Austria, was an active founding member of the Vienna Art-Club in 1947. This and sixty years of art and life in Africa have earned her a world wide reputation as an accomplished artist with a personality to match. She was the subject of many TV-programmes and despite some colourful articles in various magazines reporting "a white goddess on a river in deepest Africa" - Susanne Wenger was first and foremost one of the most important modern Artists in post 1945 Austria. Because of her position as an outsider (both to the Nigerians as well as the Europeans) the view of her artistic achievements was sometimes obscured by exotic and misleading media reports. During the nights of Vienna's bombardment in... Read full biography
Susanne Wenger, born in 1915 in Graz, Austria, was an active founding member of the Vienna Art-Club in 1947. This and sixty years of art and life in Africa have earned her a world wide reputation as an accomplished artist with a personality to match. She was the subject of many TV-programmes and despite some colourful articles in various magazines reporting "a white goddess on a river in deepest Africa" - Susanne Wenger was first and foremost one of the most important modern Artists in post 1945 Austria. Because of her position as an outsider (both to the Nigerians as well as the Europeans) the view of her artistic achievements was sometimes obscured by exotic and misleading media reports. During the nights of Vienna's bombardment in 1943-44, she was the first Austrian artist to draw surreal paintings, which in turn had a great influence on the young Viennese generation of artists... Read full biography
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Susanne Wenger, born in 1915 in Graz, Austria, was an active founding member of the Vienna Art-Club in 1947. This and sixty years of art and life in Africa have earned her a world wide reputation as an accomplished artist with a personality to match. She was the subject of many TV-programmes and despite some colourful articles in various magazines reporting "a white goddess on a river in deepest Africa" - Susanne Wenger was first and foremost one of the most important modern Artists in post 1945 Austria. Because of her position as an outsider (both to the Nigerians as well as the Europeans) the view of her artistic achievements was sometimes obscured by exotic and misleading media reports. During the nights of Vienna's bombardment in 194http://theauctionroom.com/auctions/9...But wait, there's more...
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