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Heilkunst und Kunst. Ärztinnen und Ärzte in der österreichischen Malerei des 20. Jahrhunderts. Eine sowohl künstlerische als auch tiefenpsychologische Reflexion

The 20th century is called an age of contradictions. It was accompanied by psychoanalysis, working on the borderline between conscious and uncon-scious. In the 20th century the art of painting focused on the contradiction between visible and hidden meanings, too. This poster shows a selection of paintings and portraits created by Austrian artists, some of them physicians themselves. It demonstrates, that art is pursuing the same issue as psycho-analysis.