Ernst Fuchs (February 13, 1930November 9, 2015) was an
Austrian painter, draftsman, printmaker,
sculptor,
architect, stage designer,
composer,
poet,
singer and one of the founders of the
Vienna School of Fantastic Realism. In 1972, he acquired the derelict
Otto Wagner Villa in Hütteldorf, which he restored and transformed. The villa was inaugurated as the Ernst Fuchs Museum in 1988.