Hermann Nitsch (b. 1938) is an Austrian artist who works in experimental and multimedia modes.
Nitsch received training in painting during the time he studied at the Wiener Graphische Lehr-und Versuchanstalt. He is called an "actionist" or a performance artist. He is associated with the Vienna Actionists, and like them conceived his art outside traditional categories of genre. Nitsch's abstract splatter paintings, like his performance pieces, established a theme of controlled violence, using bright reds, maroons, and pale greys that communicate organic mutilation.

Read more about Hermann Nitsch on Last.fm.


User-contributed text is available under the Creative Commons By-SA License and may also be available under the GNU FDL.