Josef Bauer (artist)
Josef Bauer (12 January 1934 – 3 March 2022) was an Austrian artist. Life and work. Bauer was born in Wels, Austria, on 12 January 1934. After his studies of painting in the school of arts in Linz, the main artistic style of his works became the so-called tactile poetry. In 1994 Bauer was awarded the cultural award of Linz and one year later the cultural award of Upper Austria for fine arts. Bauer died on 3 March 2022, at the age of 88.