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Ernst Fuchs
Ernst Fuchs (1930–2015): Pioneer of Fantastic Realism Ernst Fuchs was born on February 13, 1930 in Vienna, Austria. His father, Maximilian Fuchs, son of an orthodox Jewish family, had turned down a career as a Rabbi, leaving his theological studies uncompleted. He married Leopoldine, a Christian. When the Nazis occupied Austria in March 1938, Maximilian Fuchs emigrated to Shanghai. Ernst remained in Vienna together with his mother, but
Nazi legislation made it illegal for Leopoldine to raise her son. Ernst was deported to a transit camp for children of mixed racial origin. Thereupon Leopoldine Fuchs agrees to a formal divorce from her husband, thus saving her son from the extermination camp. Early Artistic Education: Ernst Fuchs’ artistic education began at the St Anna Painting School in his hometown of Vienna. Here, he was taught by Fritz Frölich (1910–2001),…