- He was the only child of a Jewish antiques dealer and a Catholic seamstress. He was baptized as a Catholic during the Nazi era to escape the Holocaust.
- In the 1970s, he was a sought-after opera stage director and designer. He worked on productions of Mozart's "Magic Flute" and Wagner's "Parsifal" and "Lohengrin".
- He was a talented painter, sculptor, architect, stage designer, composer, poet and singer. He created brightly colored works that combined allegorical and religious themes.
- At age 15, he was accepted to study at the Academy of Fine Arts in Vienna.
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