Hermann Nitsch Birthday today, 70 Years old now

Nistch became 70 today! We offer an authentic Hermann Nitsch Autograph on 3.5 in. x 5 in. portrait photo from the 1980s, signed in the 1980s.




Herman Nitsch used to be one of the most controversial and scandalous artists from Austria.

In the 1950es he created the concept of the Orgies Mysteries Theater, a six-day event that continues to captivate him throughout his career and still is performed each year in Prinzendorf, Lower Austria.

Between 1960-66 he performed several Art actions and exhibitions resulting in various court trials and three prison sentences.

Since 1989 he has been teacher at the Academy of Visual Arts in Frankfurt.

His works can be found in such famous museums and galleries like: MoMA New York, Guggenheim New York, Metropolitan Museum New York, Yale University, Gallery of Ontario Toronto, Tate Gallery London, Musée Centre George Pompidou Paris, Stedelijk Van Abbe Museum Eindhoven, Castello di Rivoli Turin, Sammlung Nordrhein- Westfalen Düsseldorf, Museum Ludwig Köln, Lenbachhaus Munich, Nationalgalerie Munich, Graphische Sammlung Munich, Staatsgalerie Stuttgart, Kunsthalle Hamburg, Museum Neue Galerie Saarbrücken, Schloss Moorsbroich Leverkusen, Museo Capodimonte Napels, Kunstmuseum Bern, Kunstmuseum Winterthur, Museum Moderner Kunst-Stiftung Ludwig Vienna, Wolfgang Gurlitt Museum Linz, Rupertinum Salzburg, Ferdinandeum Innsbruck, Sammlung Essl Klosterneuburg, Stedelijk Museum Amsterdam, Galleria D’Arte Moderna Bologna, Walker Art Center Minneapolis.