Karl Otto Götz, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Karl Otto Götz

German artist

Date of Birth: 22-Feb-1914

Place of Birth: Aachen, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany

Date of Death: 19-Aug-2017

Profession: painter, university teacher

Nationality: Germany, German Empire

Zodiac Sign: Pisces

Karl Otto Götz (22 February 1914 – 19 August 2017) often simply called K.O.
Götz, was a German artist, filmmaker, draughtsman, printmaker, writer and professor of art at the Kunstakademie Düsseldorf.
He was one of the oldest living and active artists older than 100 years of age and is known for his explosive and complex abstract forms.
His powerful, surrealist-inspired works earned him international recognition in exhibitions like documenta II in 1959.
Götz never confined himself to one specific style or artistic field.
He also explored generated abstract forms through television art.
Götz is one of the most important members of the German Art Informel movement.
His works and teachings influenced future artists such as Sigmar Polke, Nam June Paik and Gerhard Richter.
He lived in Wolfenacker from 1975 until his death.