Editing Hermann Nitsch (section)

{{Short description|Austrian artist (1938–2022)}}
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{{Infobox artist
| name          = Hermann Nitsch
| image         = Hermann Nitsch am 28. März 2012 bei der Präsentation seines Weines im Gmoakeller (Wien).jpg
| caption       = Nitsch in 2012
| birth_name    = 
| birth_date    = {{Birth date|1938|08|29|df=y}}
| birth_place   = [[Vienna]], Austria
| death_date    = {{Death date and age|2022|04|18|1938|8|29|df=y}}
| death_place   = [[Mistelbach]], Austria
| spouse        = 
| field         = Performance art, music
| training      = Wiener Graphische Lehr-und Versuchanstalt
| movement      = [[Vienna Actionists]]
| works         = ''Orgien Mysterien Theater''
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| influenced by = 
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| website       = {{URL|nitsch.org}}
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}}

'''Hermann Nitsch''' (29 August 1938 – 18 April 2022)<ref>[https://orf.at/stories/3260565/ Aktionskünstler Hermann Nitsch ist tot] auf orf.at</ref> was an Austrian [[contemporary art]]ist and composer. His art encompassed wide-scale [[Performance art|performance]]s incorporating theater, [[multimedia]], [[ritual]]s and acted violence. He was a leading figure of [[Viennese Actionism]].