Karl Otto Götz (1914 - 2017)
1914-02-22Aachen, Germany2017-08-19Niederbreitbach, GermanyGermany
Karl Otto Götz
Karl Otto Götz was a German artist, filmmaker, draughtsman, printmaker, writer and professor of art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf. He was one of the oldest living and active artists older than 100 years of age and is best remembered for his explosive and complex abstract forms. His powerful, surrealist-inspired works earned him international recognition in exhibitions like documenta II in 1959. Götz never confined himself to one specific style or artistic field. He also explored generated abstract forms through television art. Götz is one of the most important members of the German Art Informel movement.
Date and place of birt: | 22 february 1914, Aachen, Germany |
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Date and place of death: | 19 august 2017, Niederbreitbach, Germany |
Nationality: | Germany |
Period of activity: | XX, XXI century |
Specialization: | Artist, Painter |
Art style: | Abstract art, Post War Art, Tachisme, Informalism, Contemporary art |