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Fritz Janschka

Austrian, b. 1919

Fritz Janschka was born in Australia in 1919. He is an Austrian-born artist who was part of the Viennese Surrealist movement and came to America in 1949 to teach at Bryn Mawr College. Janschka is known as a literary artist, and also illustrated a famous edition of The Odyssey in 1964.

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Creator: Fritz Janschka
"Cavorting Nudes & Nymphs in Moonlight, " Surrealist Painting by Janschka
"Cavorting Nudes & Nymphs in Moonlight, " Surrealist Painting by Janschka

"Cavorting Nudes & Nymphs in Moonlight, " Surrealist Painting by Janschka

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A cross between "A Midsummer Night's Dream" and Bosch's "Garden of Earthly Delights," this marvelous painting depicts an interlaced group of faeries and nymphs, all with lilacs and d...

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