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To mark the recent gift of 67 works from the collection of Count Christian Duerckheim, the British Museum will be exploring the work of four comparatively unknown post-war artists from Germany and Austria.
Rudi Troger largely shunned the limelight of the art world, but from the 1960s he developed the thin, wispy lines of his pen and ink drawings to create elongated figures that gave his drawings an introspective vision.
Another shy and retiring individual, Carl-Heinz Wegert's delicate drawings created entire microcosms from just a few spare lines.
Karl Bohrmann produced many drawings of female nudes, still lifes and interiors.
By contrast, Hermann Nitsch courted public controversy through his highly provocative performances which involved nudity, blood and Christian symbolism, and developed a highly experimental printmaking process linked to his taboo-breaking 'Actions'.
