Georg Paul Thomann
Georg Paul Thomann was a renowned Austrian conceptual artist of the late 20th century. He was born on March 13, 1945, in Vienna, Austria. Thomann studied art at the University of Vienna and the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna. He was a member of the Vienna Actionists, a group of artists who used performance art to explore themes of violence, death, and sexuality. Thomann's work was often controversial, and he was once arrested for creating a performance art piece in which he cut off his own ear. Thomann died on July 21, 2005, in Vienna, Austria.