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Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger

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Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger Famous memorial

Birth
Gelnhausen, Main-Kinzig-Kreis, Hessen, Germany
Death
31 Jan 1967 (aged 66)
Los Angeles, Los Angeles County, California, USA
Burial
Culver City, Los Angeles County, California, USA Add to Map
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Artist. He created abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music videos. He created special effects for Fritz Lang's 1929 Woman in the Moon, one of the first sci-fi rocket movies. He made over 50 short films, and painted around 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 (1947), which is now listed on the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.
Artist. He created abstract musical animation many decades before the appearance of computer graphics and music videos. He created special effects for Fritz Lang's 1929 Woman in the Moon, one of the first sci-fi rocket movies. He made over 50 short films, and painted around 800 canvases, many of which are in museums, galleries and collections worldwide. Among his film works is Motion Painting No. 1 (1947), which is now listed on the National Film Registry of the U.S. Library of Congress.

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