<p> Austrian artist Arik Brauer, known for his surreal paintings and murals, has died at the age of 92.</p>.<p>Austrian public broadcaster ORF reported Monday that Brauer died late Sunday surrounded by his family. It gave no cause of death.</p>.<p>Born Erich Brauer in 1929 to a Jewish family that had emigrated from Russia to Vienna, he experienced the rise of National Socialism as a child. His father died in a concentration camp while Brauer himself survived the Holocaust by going into hiding.</p>.<p>After the war, Brauer studied art and music, dual passions he would pursue throughout his life.</p>.<p>While Brauer's colorful art enjoyed international success, at home he was also widely known for his Austrian-German songwriting.</p>.<p>Like fellow Austrian artists Ernst Fuchs and Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Brauer later tried his hand at architecture,</p>.<p>designing what became known as the Brauer House in Vienna, the exterior of a church in the Austrian capital and murals on a shopping mall in the Israeli city of Haifa.</p>.<p>“Arik Brauer is dead,” tweeted Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen.</p>.<p>“Our country has produced few artists like him. Painter, musician, teacher — his talents and abilities can hardly be appropriately listed.” Funeral arrangements weren't immediately known.</p>
<p> Austrian artist Arik Brauer, known for his surreal paintings and murals, has died at the age of 92.</p>.<p>Austrian public broadcaster ORF reported Monday that Brauer died late Sunday surrounded by his family. It gave no cause of death.</p>.<p>Born Erich Brauer in 1929 to a Jewish family that had emigrated from Russia to Vienna, he experienced the rise of National Socialism as a child. His father died in a concentration camp while Brauer himself survived the Holocaust by going into hiding.</p>.<p>After the war, Brauer studied art and music, dual passions he would pursue throughout his life.</p>.<p>While Brauer's colorful art enjoyed international success, at home he was also widely known for his Austrian-German songwriting.</p>.<p>Like fellow Austrian artists Ernst Fuchs and Friedensreich Hundertwasser, Brauer later tried his hand at architecture,</p>.<p>designing what became known as the Brauer House in Vienna, the exterior of a church in the Austrian capital and murals on a shopping mall in the Israeli city of Haifa.</p>.<p>“Arik Brauer is dead,” tweeted Austrian president Alexander Van der Bellen.</p>.<p>“Our country has produced few artists like him. Painter, musician, teacher — his talents and abilities can hardly be appropriately listed.” Funeral arrangements weren't immediately known.</p>