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Oskar Fischinger

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  • Born
  • June 22, 1900
  • Died
  • January 31, 1967
  • Place of birth
  • Gelnhausen, Germany

Biography

Oskar Wilhelm Fischinger (22 June 1900 – 31 January 1967) was a German-American abstract animator, filmmaker, and painter, notable for creating 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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Pinocchio poster
Pinocchio
1940
Woman in the Moon poster
Woman in the Moon
1929
Absolute Film
1947
Radio Dynamics
1942
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor poster
Toccata and Fugue in D Minor
1940
Spirals poster
Spirals
1926
Muratti privat poster
Muratti privat
1935
Sound Ornaments poster
Sound Ornaments
1932
Squares poster
Squares
1934
Silhouettes
1927
Staffs
1927
Allegretto poster
Allegretto
1936
Love Games
1931
Wax Experiments poster
Wax Experiments
1927
Oklahoma Gas poster
Oklahoma Gas
1955
California Images poster
California Images
1985
Coloratura poster
Coloratura
1932
Organic Fragment poster
Organic Fragment
1941
Study No. 3
1930
R-1 poster
R-1
1927
Space Light Art poster
Space Light Art
2012
An Optical Poem poster
An Optical Poem
1938
Concerto poster
Concerto
1946
Spiritual Constructions
1927
Study No. 14
1933
Mutoscope Reels poster
Mutoscope Reels
1945
Circles poster
Circles
1933
Study No. 7 poster
Study No. 7
1931
Muratti Gets in the Act
1934
Study No. 11 poster
Study No. 11
1932
Study No. 4
1930
Alle Kreise erfasst Tolirag poster
Alle Kreise erfasst Tolirag
1934
Motion Painting No. 1 poster
Motion Painting No. 1
1947
Study No. 9
1931
Composition in Blue poster
Composition in Blue
1935
Color Rhythm poster
Color Rhythm
1942
Muntz TV Ad poster
Muntz TV Ad
1952
Walking from Munich to Berlin poster
Walking from Munich to Berlin
1927
Study No. 6 poster
Study No. 6
1930
Study No. 13
1933
Study No. 5 poster
Study No. 5
1930
Study No. 8 poster
Study No. 8
1931
Dancing Lines poster
Dancing Lines
1930
Study No. 12 poster
Study No. 12
1932
An American March
1941
Study No. 10
1932
1920s Fragments and Wax Experiments poster
1920s Fragments and Wax Experiments
1927
Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes) poster
Swiss Trip (Rivers and Landscapes)
1934
Study No. 1
1929
Münchener Bilderbogen: Pierette Nr. 1 poster
Münchener Bilderbogen: Pierette Nr. 1
1924
The Contemplative Films of Oskar Fischinger
2004