Hermann Nitsch, an Austrian artist known for his paintings and performances involving human blood and animal carcasses, died on Tuesday at the age of 83, according to his family.
According to his niece, Nitsch died on Monday in a hospital in Lower Austria.
The family announced in a statement that "Hermann Nitsch died peacefully at the age of 83 after a long illness."
Nitsch belonged to the "Actionists," a radical avant-garde group known in the 1960s for skinning animal carcasses, tying up human bodies, and creating works with blood, mud, and urine.
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