# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/gustav-metzger
# Generated: 2026-08-14T19:17:06.666Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/gustav-metzger"
name: "Gustav Metzger"
slug: "gustav-metzger"
description: "Gustav Metzger was a stateless artist and political activist who developed the concept of Auto-Destructive Art and the Art Strike. \nTogether with John Sharkey, he initiated the Destruction in Art Symposium in 1966."
tagline: "Artist and political activist (1926-2017)"
image: "https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Special:FilePath/Gustav_Metzger%2C_Manchester_International_Festival_2009_(3693540702).jpg?width=1200"
gender: "male"
country:
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  isoCode: "DE"
category:
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birthDate: "1926-04-10"
deathDate: "2017-03-01"
livingStatus: "DECEASED"
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  profileCompleteness:  70
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
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  country:  null
  category: null
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# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump