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Alfred Hrdlicka was an Austrian sculptor, painter, and professor. His surname is sometimes written Hrdlička.
Wolfgang Flatz is a contemporary Austrian artist, stage designer, musician and composer. Currently lives and works in Munich, Germany.
After engaging with contemporary art movements such as Heppening and Viennese Actionism, Flatz creates works using a variety of media - painting, sculpture, performance, video, computer, film, photography, theatre, music, design and architecture. Subjects include voyeurism, the body, violence, aggression, pain, love, politics and audience interaction.
William McGregor Paxton was an American painter. He was known for his realistic, highly polished portraits and genre scenes that often depicted wealthy, fashionable women in elegant settings.
Paxton studied at the Cowles Art School in Boston and the Academie Julian in Paris, where he was influenced by the work of the French Academic painters. He later became a prominent member of the Boston School of painters, who were known for their meticulous attention to detail and focus on classical technique.
Paxton's paintings were highly sought after by collectors and he received numerous awards and honors during his career, including the Lippincott Prize from the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts in 1906 and the National Academy of Design's Altman Prize in 1913. He also taught at several art schools, including the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston and the Art Students League of New York.
Today, Paxton's paintings are held in many important public and private collections, and his legacy continues to inspire and influence contemporary realist painters.
Edward Stuart Davis was an American artist, a representative of Cubism and Pop Art in painting. He was also active in politics; one of Davis's goals was to "reconcile abstract art with Marxism and modern industrial society. Along with his paintings, Davis was also an engraver and member of the Society of American Graphic Artists.
