Günter Brus was born on September 27, 1938 in Ardning, Styria, Austria. He was an actor and director. He was married to Anna. He died on February 10, 2024 in Graz, Austria.
In fall of 1960, influenced by German expressionism, Edvard Munch, Vincent van Gogh, abstract expressionism, and artists such as Emilio Vedova, he began to create artwork that was not confined to visual media.
Co-founder of Viennese Actionism.
Most of his works are shocking and controversial.
Works emerged that he called picture poems which opened a new section in Brus's work, the fruit of which is the rich graphic and literary work of the 1970s and 1980s.
Brus was an Austrian painter, performance artist, graphic artist, experimental filmmaker, and writer.