Hans Bischoffshausen * (Feld am See, Carinthia, 1927-1987) Untitled, signed Bischoffshausen, inscription on the reverse Paris 62, direction arrow, measurements and label of the artist, PVC, oil, gouache, gold lacquer on wood, 75 x 42 x 2.2 cm Provenance: Family Collection, Carinthia - directly from the artist Provenance: Family Collection, Carinthia - directly from the artist ...The first Joanneumpreis for contemporary painting fulfilled my dream of going to Paris in 1959. The second miracle: despite grueling odd jobs, I cough up hundreds of works. Already in 1961/62 I am represented in some galleries, belong to the group ‘Zero-Avantgarde’, and my most important period begins. .. From: Hans Bischoffshausen, from Versuch einer Biographie, 1977 Bischoffshausen saw himself as an outsider at Zero Avantgarde, even though he felt he belonged nowhere else. This is a position he has cultivated, enjoyed and hated. Arnulf Rohsmann, Bischoffshausen, Struktur-Monochromie-Reduktion, Ritter Verlag, 1991 (afterword).