Walter Pichler - Artist Info

About Walter Pichler

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    Following is The New York Times obituary of the artist:

    "Walter Pichler, an Artist Who Bucked the Status Quo, Dies at 75"

    By DENISE GRADY
    Published: July 28, 2012

    Walter Pichler, an architect who became a leading artist in Austria's postwar avant-garde movement, eventually distancing himself from the art establishment by moving to a farm and creating works mainly to please himself, died on July 16 at his home in Burgenland, Austria. He was 75.

    The cause was cancer, said his assistant, Alois Hörtl.

    Mr. Pichler was a sculptor and illustrator whose works included a white, torpedo-shaped helmet with a television inside it (Portable Living Room), a rusty bed frame supporting a humanoid form div...

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