Arnulf Rainer

Arnulf Rainer numbers among post-1945 Austrian and international art’s most significant and uncompromising personalities. This artist, who was born in Baden (near Vienna) in 1929 and passed away in Upper Austria in late 2025, left an indelible mark on international art history as an innovator who spent over seven decades probing the outer limits of painting.From the very beginning of his artistic career, fired on by his resolute resistance against all of National Socialism’s brutal restrictions, Rainer consistently strove for independence and autonomy. It was with his radical “overpaintings”…