Zap Fantastique

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The Austrian painter Hans Krenn (1932–2007) was associated with the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. There's little information about him in English, and even his German-language wikipedia entry is sparse. I found this small group of paintings in the 1976 French Swiss book Vienne et le realisme fantastique. I added a few works from other sources.


Krenn's work wouldn't look out of place in the pages of early ZAP Comix (Fantagraphics will be publishing the complete run in Fall 2012). Maybe Krenn and artists like Victor Moscoso and Rick Griffin all knew each other's works, especially because Krenn lived and taught in the US in the sixties, exhibiting often in NYC (not sure if he made it to the West Coast).


A discussion on the 20th Century Forum presents some additional works.


Previously: Wolfgang Hutter's Magic Flute



Hans Krenn, Le porteur d'oiseaux, 1969







Hans Krenn, Les collectionneurs de bois S.A., 1970







Hans Krenn, Schau nicht hin mein Sohn, 1969







Hans Krenn, Le pecheur de pieds, 1968







Hans Krenn, Le mangeur de poissons, 1969







Hans Krenn, Der leere Teller, 1968 via wikipedia







Hans Krenn, A la lune, 1973







Hans Krenn, untitled print via Galerie Ariadne







Hans Krenn, untitled print via Galerie Ariadne







Hans Krenn, Die Doppelgiraffe, 1973 via wikipedia



Previously: Wolfgang Hutter's Magic Flute