Exquisite environments of artifice from the Viennese painter

Austrian painter/illustrator Wolfgang Hutter, one of the founding members of the Vienna School of Fantastic Realism formed after WWII, creates magical dreamscapes that pay equal homage to both the Old Masters and the Surrealists. With images of fantastical fairy tales scenes and imaginary Utopias, you can see why the artist is also a successful childrens' book illustrator.

From the notes to the Hutter book, "Magic Flute" (via): "My flute is not blown with the mouth but, by pencil or brush, is made to play the changes of the imagination."

(via But Does It Float)