United States. Born 1933
Painting and sculpture
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1926 New York City - 2008 Cologne, Germany. Known for: Conceptual artist, assemblage, pop sculpture.
A leading member of Fluxus, a group of Conceptual artists of the early 1960s, George Brecht lived in the USA until 1965, when he moved to Europe, settling in Cologne in 1972. He was born in New York... Read full biography
A leading member of Fluxus, a group of Conceptual artists of the early 1960s, George Brecht lived in the USA until 1965, when he moved to Europe, settling in Cologne in 1972. He was born in New York City with the name of George MacDiarmid but changed his name to Brecht during World War II "because... Read full biography
A leading member of Fluxus, a group of Conceptual artists of the early 1960s, George Brecht lived in the USA until 1965, when he moved to Europe, settling in Cologne in 1972. He was born in New York City with the name of George MacDiarmid but changed his name to Brecht during World War II "because he liked the sound of the name." Brecht described his art expression as a way of "ensuring that the details of everyday life, the random constellations of objects that surround us, stop going... Read full biography
A leading member of Fluxus, a group of Conceptual artists of the early 1960s, George Brecht lived in the USA until 1965, when he moved to Europe, settling in Cologne in 1972. He was born in New York City with the name of George MacDiarmid but changed his name to Brecht during World War II "because he liked the sound of the name." Brecht described his art expression as a way of "ensuring that the details of everyday life, the random constellations of objects that surround us, stop going unnoticed.". His specialties in addition to painting and sculpture were assemblages, arrangements that often featured chairs, and 'event scores', which were written messages "with eccentric instructions" on small white cards that he would mail to friends.... Read full biography
A leading member of Fluxus, a group of Conceptual artists of the early 1960s, George Brecht lived in the USA until 1965, when he moved to Europe, settling in Cologne in 1972. He was born in New York City with the name of George MacDiarmid but changed his name to Brecht during World War II "because he liked the sound of the name." Brecht described his art expression as a way of "ensuring that the details of everyday life, the random constellations of objects that surround us, stop going unnoticed.". His specialties in addition to painting and sculpture were assemblages, arrangements that often featured chairs, and 'event scores', which were written messages "with eccentric instructions" on small white cards that he would mail to friends. After serving in the War, he became a chemistry student at the Philadelphia College of Pharmacy, and from 1950 to 1965, ea... Read full biography
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Exhibit 47, From Book of the Tumbler on Fire
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Chair Event
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Six translocations for the Isle of Wight (from The Book of the Tumbler on Fire)
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Germany. 1913 - 1986
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France. 1926 - 2016
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Fluxus-Art, Performance, mail-art, text based painting
France, Germany. 1934 - 2015
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United States, Germany. 1884 - 1962
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Iceland, France, Thailand. Born 1932
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Germany. 1914 - 2017
Painting, printmaking, drawing, filmmaking, writing, teaching
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Denmark, Germany. Born 1967
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Austria, Portugal. 1925 - 2013
Religion, politics and sexual more themed painting
Austria. 1938 - 2024
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Italy. Born 1948
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France. 1926 - 2005
Sculpture, collage
Germany. Born 1941
Painting
1934 - 2016
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Germany. 1902 - 1968
Still life, portrait, landscape, painting, abstraction
New York, California / Germany. 1927 - 1995
Fluxus art, happenings, performances
Germany. Born 1939
Painting and sculpture
Sculpture, painting
Germany. 1937 - 2011
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Germany. Born 1950
Painting and sculpture
Born 1959